Landscape with Windmill, Young Man and Girl, and Two Oxen
c.1767-1825
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 32.2 × 39.9 cm (12 11/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Plate: 37.6 × 44.5 cm (14 13/16 × 17 9/16 in.); Sheet: 38.9 × 48.4 cm (15 3/8 × 19 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
229973
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...