Seated Virgin
Dominique-Vivant Denon
1817–20
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 13.7 × 11.8 cm (5 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 35.4 × 26.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39556
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...