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Engraving, Archaeology. Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. [ 1] Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. [ 1] He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801, and ...
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (born January 4, 1747, Chalon-sur-Saône, France—died April 27, 1825, Paris) was a French artist, archaeologist, and museum official who played an important role in the development of the Louvre collection. Denon studied law in Paris but turned to the theatre, writing a successful comedy at age 23.
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In a career spanning a tumultuous period of French history, Vivant Denon held an impressive variety of posts, including diplomat and museum director. His graphic skills would serve many purposes throughout his career, from recording condemned aristocrats on the way to the guillotine to documenting Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign of 1798.
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. Denon was a diplomat for France under Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801, and is commemorated in the Denon Wing of the modern museum and in the ...
44 results. Dominique-Vivant Denon. Clear all. Lithography Lesson, 1819. Dominique-Vivant Denon. Allegory of Maternal Felicity, 1817. Dominique-Vivant Denon. Conversation, a Family Drawing and Reading, the Nurse Holding an Infant, a Portrait of Prince Edmond de Beauvau Behind a Chair, and Portraits of Madame Lavallée and Madame Vallory, Both ...
DOMINIQUE-VIVANT DENON (1747-1825): NAPOLEON’S CHIEF ARTS ADVISER By Marian Hochel, FINS “The Eye of Napoleon,“ “Napoleon’s Minister study examines the relationship between of Arts,“ “Censor and arbiter of taste in France Napoleon and his chief adviser in the art. under the reign of Problems arose in their Napoleon I“ – professional coexistence Dominique-Vivant in certain cases, their Denon (1747–1825) – he is relationship often considered to be the complicated by most ...
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May 17, 2018 · Denon, Baron Dominique Vivant (1747–1825). French savant, he accompanied the Napoleonic expedition to Egypt (1798) as leader of the learned Commission on the Sciences and Arts that was to study Ancient Egyptian buildings and architecture and herald the birth of modern Egyptology. In 1802 he published his Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute ...
