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Dominique Vivant Denon

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Lithograph of a winged bearded figure and putti carrying a banner filled with male portrait heads above a village scene.

Allegory: Portraits of the Artist at Different Ages

1818

Etched interior at night: a man reads by a window while a woman sits beside him and an infant sleeps in a cradle.

The Holy Family at Night

Etching of a rural landscape with a windmill, a young man and girl with oxen and sheep, and a large oak tree.

Landscape with Windmill, Young Man and Girl, and Two Oxen

c.1767-1825

Pen and ink sketch of a crowd of armed men with a severed head raised on a pike above them.

The Head of Jean Féraud (1759-1795), a Deputy at the Convention, Carried on a Pike, May 21, 1795

ca. 1795

Etching of a courtyard with a man carrying an injured figure, horses, onlookers at a window, and a hilly town in the distance

Barmhartige Samaritaan

1757

Etching of three camels walking in a row beside two standing figures at the right edge of the scene.

Drie kamelen en twee figuren

1757

Etching of nymphs in a forest discovering a sleeping Cupid on the ground, with gnarled trees and a distant temple.

Diana en haar nimfen vinden de slapende Cupido in het bos

1792

Etching of a woman and bearded man in a hat leading a young boy by the hands, with rocks, village and a dog behind.

Christ returning from the temple with his parents

1757

Etching of a dark interior with witches, demons, a bat, and a nude figure near a hearth.

Departure for the Sabbath

Drawing of winged Father Time carrying a crowd of portrait heads in wigs and top hats, with cherubs and a village below.

Vader Tijd toont herinneringen aan Vivant Denon

1818

Pencil or chalk drawing of a standing man and two women in early nineteenth-century dress, one wearing a large feathered hat.

Man and Two Women Conversing

1817

Profile Portrait of the Printers Brunet and Lasteyrie

1816

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly couple embracing among mothers with infants, a child with a sheep, a cow, and cherubs in cl

Allegory of Maternal Felicity

1817

Pen and ink landscape of a towered building, figures in the foreground, and a grazing animal in an open field.

View of Jeurs

1817

Etching of a domed temple on a hill among tall trees, with figures in the foreground and a bridge over a stream.

Temple of Sibyl in Méréville

1817

Drawn family group in an interior: figures reading, a nurse holding an infant, and two dogs at a table with books.

Conversation, a Family Drawing and Reading, the Nurse Holding an Infant, a Portrait of Prince Edmond de Beauvau Behin…

1817

Drawing of a standing man instructing a seated woman at a table in an elegant room with curtains, busts and books.

Denon Instructing a Young Woman Drawing on a Lithographic Stone

c. 1820

Pencil-style drawing of a woman reading an open book to two children in a room with framed pictures on the wall.

Family Group (Woman Reading to Two Children)

c. 1820

Drawing of a group gathered around a seated artist working at a lithographic stone, with a woman and a child in the center.

Lithography Lesson

1819

Drawn group portrait of eight people in a room with curtains, books and a dog, a child reading in front.

Familieportret

1817

Etching of kneeling Christ comforted by an angel in a beam of light, with sleeping disciples in shadow beneath a tree.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

late 18th-early 19th century

Etching of a young figure gesturing among seated bearded elders and a standing crowd in an interior.

Christ disputing with the doctors: a sketch

1757

Etching of a man in a powdered wig and lace cuffs, resting his head on his hand while reading a large sheet at a table.

Portrait of a Man Reading

18th-early 19th century

Etching of two women conversing on a grassy bank by a stream, with a dog and trees in the background.

Two Women in a Landscape

18th-early 19th century

Etching of a grazing cow beside a tree under storm clouds, with a shaft of light over flat fields and a distant spire.

Landscape with Storm

18th-early 19th century

Etching of a woman and a man walking with a child between them, a dog nearby, and a rocky hillside village behind.

Christ Between His Parents Returning from the Temple

n.d.

Etching of a couple embracing on a canopied bed beside a column and arched niche, with a wine glass on a table at right.

The French bed ('Het ledikantje')

1757

Small etching of a hooded figure seated among tall reeds in a cornfield, with a barrel at left.

The monk in the cornfield

1819

Etching of robed figures gathered around a large sculpted form beneath a draped canopy, with kneeling and crouching figures i

Getroonde Koning Phallus omringd door artsen

1873