Portrait of Brunet, Printer
Medium
Lithograph in black (pen and ink and crayon style) on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.9 × 12.3 cm (6 11/16 × 4 7/8 in.); Sheet: 19.5 × 14.1 cm (7 11/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39613
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...