Vivant Denon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dominique Vivant, baron Denon, Dominique Vivant-Denon, Dominique-Vivant Denon, Baron Vivant Denon, Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon, Dominique Vivant Denon, Dominique Vivant (baron de Denon)
French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist (1747-1825)
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Vivant Denon was a male French writer, diplomat, engraver, and graveur. He was born on January 4, 1747, and died on April 27, 1825. His works were created in French.
He is associated with thirty works. His materials are sourced from thirty-seven distinct sources.
Synthesized by Vinony from 10 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Europeana Sparql, VIAF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Vinony's link graph records 132 inbound references to Vivant Denon, and connects out to archaeology, Louvre Museum and engraving process.
It is catalogued under topics including 1747 births, 1825 deaths and Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1747–1825
- Nationality
- FR
- Role / Field
- Writer, Graveurs, Engravers, Ecrivains, Diplomats
- Language
- fre, fre., fra
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 37 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1747-01-04 ) 4 January 1747, Chalon-sur-Saône , Burgundy , Kingdom of France
- Died
- 27 April 1825 (1825-04-27) (aged 78), Paris, Kingdom of France
- Fields
- Engraving , Archaeology
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Chalon-sur-Saône
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- graphic artist
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Noble title
- baron
- Field of work
- erotic art
- Image
- Vivant Denon par Robert Lefèvre (1809).jpg
- Work location
- Paris
Show 14 more facts
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Commons category
- Dominique Vivant Denon
- date of birth
- 1747-01-04
- date of death
- 1825-04-28
- Commons Creator page
- Dominique-Vivant Denon
- member of
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- Commons gallery
- Dominique-Vivant Denon
- name in native language
- Vivant Denon
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- writing language
- French
- significant person
- Helmina von Chézy
- P8168
- immunotoxin
- handedness
- right-handedness
- P12047
- Claude Monet
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
30 objects attributed to Vivant Denon, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Column Memorial
Portrait of Marcantonio Raimondi
Portrait of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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Encyclopedic overview
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon ( French pronunciation: [dɔminik vivɑ̃ baʁɔ̃ dənɔ̃]; 4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) 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 ("Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt"), 1802, was foundational for modern Egyptology.
Birth and name
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vivant Denon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.