Conversation, a Family Drawing and Reading, the Nurse Holding an Infant, a Portrait of Prince Edmond de Beauvau Behind a Chair, and Portraits of Madame Lavallée and Madame Vallory, Both Seated
Medium
Lithograph in black on pale gray laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 28 × 36.8 cm (11 1/16 × 14 1/2 in.); Sheet: 32 × 38 cm (12 5/8 × 15 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39637
About the Artist
Dominique-Vivant Denon · 1747–1825
Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747–1825) was a French artist, diplomat, archaeologist, and museum administrator who became the first director of the Musée du Louvre — a role that earned him the title of "the father of all museums." Born Baron Vivant de Non in Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy, he was educated for a career in diplomacy and served under Louis XV and Louis XVI as a gentleman of the court and as a...