Antique Master Print-DOMINIQUE VIVANT DENON-EARLY LITHOGRAPHER-Villain-1825

Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'Vivant Denon.' - Portrait of the artist Domenique Vivant Denon. Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon (1747-1825) was a French artist, diplomat and archeologist. He perfected his etching and mezzotint engraving while posted in Naples as diplomat until 1787. Vivant Denon was also one of the early lithographers in France.

Condition: Very good, given age. Ample margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Crayon style lithograph on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 12.5 x 20.8 cm. The image size is ca. 12.5 x 20.8 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 4.9 x 8.2 inch. The image size is ca. 4.9 x 8.2 inch.

Part Number: 51525

Location: TPCLA-C11-35

Description: Published for the Revue Encyclopedique cahier july 1825.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'F. le Villain' after an anonymous artist. Published by Villain in Paris. Francois le Villain (active 1820-1830's) was a French lithographer and printer in the early 19th century in Paris. His print shop was famous and higly frequented among the artists of his time.

From the LaurentiusOldMasterPrints collection,
a collaboration between Kunsthandel Th. Laurentius and ThePrintsCollector BV