Dominique Vivant Denon (1747 - 1825) — Auction price
Lot 55 BARON DOMINIQUE VIVANT-DENON (PARIS 1747-1825)
Dominique Vivant Denon (1747 - 1825) 
Old Master & British Drawings 
Dominique Vivant Denon
04.01.1747 - 27.04.1825
France
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 Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte ("Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt"), 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology.
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Date: 26.01.2023 10:00 UTC -05:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 77