Denon Instructing a Young Woman Drawing on a Lithographic Stone
Dominique-Vivant Denon
c. 1820
Medium
Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.3 × 16 cm (4 7/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Sheet: 23.3 × 26.5 cm (9 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39650
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...