Portrait of Crébillon
Dominique-Vivant Denon
c. 1820
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 18.9 × 15 cm (7 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 17 cm (8 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39540
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...