Portrait of Volney Dipping his Pen
Dominique-Vivant Denon
1817–20
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 19.2 × 16.8 cm (7 9/16 × 6 5/8 in.); Stone: 23 × 20 cm (9 1/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 36.5 × 27.5 cm (14 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39648
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...