Portret van graaf Leopoldo Cicognara
Medium
chalk lithograph
Dimensions
260; 223
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228a
Art Historical Context
**Portret van graaf Leopoldo Cicara** is a refined chalk lithograph by Dominique Vivant Denon the Baron Denon (1747–1825), a polymath who served as Napoleon's director of the Louvre chronicled the Egyptian campaign. Created around 1825, this intimate portrait (260 × 223 mm) captures Leopoldo Cicognara an influential Italian art historian, sculptor, and collector who presided over Venice's Accademia di Belle Arti. Denon's work reflects the post-Napoleonic era's fascination with enlightened patronage, immortalizing Cicognara amid Europe's vibrant intellectual circles. Lithography, pioneered jus...