When did Dominique Vivant Denon live?

Dominique Vivant Denon lived from 1747 to 1825.

What movement was Dominique Vivant Denon part of?

Dominique Vivant Denon was part of the Orientalism and Romanticism movements.

Where can I see paintings by Dominique Vivant Denon?

Paintings by Dominique Vivant Denon are held by Victoria and Albert Museum and Cleveland Museum of Art.

Dominique Vivant Denon · Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

French, 1747–1825

Dominique Vivant Denon was a French Orientalism artist. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Dominique Vivant Denon was born in Chalon-sur-Saône.

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 Louvre museum and in the Dominique-Vivant Denon Research Center. His two-volume Voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte, 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology.

Works by Dominique Vivant Denon

Family of Egyptian Fellahin, at Tomb Entrance
View of an Egyptian Temple. [Dendara]. 1807
Ruins of the Temple of Hermopolis
Vue de Obélisque dite de Cléopatre à Alexandrie
Vue de la colonne de Pompée à Alexandrie
Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt
Allegory: Portraits of the Artist at Different Ages
A view of the Sphinx at the Pyramids at Gizeh, a Patera, charged with the portraits of Osiris and Isis, and Sculptures of Egyptian Musicians, Pompey's or Dioclesian's Pillar, and Cleopatra's Needle

Collections represented

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Victoria and Albert Museum

6 works at Victoria and Albert Museum

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Cleveland Museum of Art

2 works at Cleveland Museum of Art

Works by Dominique Vivant Denon

Collections represented

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