Self-Portrait with Two Young Ladies
Dominique-Vivant Denon
c. 1816–17
Medium
Lithograph in black on tan wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.6 × 18.6 cm (6 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 29.9 × 22.7 cm (11 13/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
39533
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...