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| Vivant Denon Seven Figures in a Church late 18th century etching British Museum |
A further selection of work by the great Vivant Denon (1747-1825) who throve under the Bourbons, throve throughout the Revolution, throve under Napoleon, and continued to thrive for a decade after Napoleon was swept from the scene. Several of these etchings were exhibited to contemporary applause at biennial Paris Salons. Vivant Denon was altogether and quite comfortably an Establishment artist, with no prejudices about what sort of Establishment he served.
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| Vivant Denon Philosophy bringing Illumination to Ignorance 1791 etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon after Marcantonio Raimondi Pensive woman late 18th century etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon Satyr and Nymph ca. 1790-94 etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon Young Nun's Dream ca. 1790-94 etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon The Procuress ca. 1790-94 etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon after Guercino Joseph and Potiphar's Wife 1790s etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon after Ferdinand Bol Portrait of a woman late 18th century etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon after Jan Lievens Portrait of a middle-aged man early 19th century lithograph British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon after Rembrandt Lion late 18th century etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon after Titian St Jerome with Lions 1791 etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon Woman sewing near a window late 18th century etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon Bertrand Barère, Revolutionary ca. 1790-95 etching British Museum |
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| Vivant Denon Self-portrait in nightgown late 18th century etching British Museum |
I am grateful to the British Museum for making available these excellent reproductions.