Vivant Denon
Denon, Dominique-Vivant the Baron
French, 1747 - 1825
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French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist (1747-1825)
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Don Quixote Defeated by the Windmill
Don Quixote Defeated by the Windmill
Jean Honoré Fragonard · 1780s · brush with brown and gray washes over charcoal on laid paper · Accession ID 2000.9.10
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Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet
Don Quixote about to Strike the Helmet
Jean Honoré Fragonard · 1780s · brush with brown and gray washes over charcoal on laid paper, laid down · Accession ID 2000.9.6
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Don Quixote Attacking the Windmill
Don Quixote Attacking the Windmill
Jean Honoré Fragonard · 1780s · black chalk with brown and gray wash on laid paper · Accession ID 2000.9.9
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The Muleteer Attacking Don Quixote as He Lies Helpless on the Ground
The Muleteer Attacking Don Quixote as He Lies Helpless on the Ground
Jean Honoré Fragonard · 1780s · brush with brown and gray washes over black chalk on laid paper · Accession ID 2000.9.13
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Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Witness the Attack on Rocinante
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Witness the Attack on Rocinante
Jean Honoré Fragonard · 1780s · black chalk with gray and brown wash on laid paper · Accession ID 2000.9.7
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The Sermons and Deeds of the Antichrist
The Sermons and Deeds of the Antichrist
Federico Zuccaro · 1570 · black and red chalk on laid paper, laid down on old mount · Accession ID 2022.40.34
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Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan
Don Quixote Attacking the Biscayan
Jean Honoré Fragonard · 1780s · brush with brown and gray washes over charcoal on laid paper · Accession ID 2000.9.8
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A Prayer for Grandpapa
A Prayer for Grandpapa
Jean Honoré Fragonard · late 1770s · brown wash over black chalk on laid paper · Accession ID 1991.217.17
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The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
Sandro Botticelli · c. 1478/1482 · tempera and oil on poplar panel · Accession ID 1937.1.22
Bibliography
1877
Clément de Ris, Louis Torterat. Les amateurs d'autrefois. Paris, 1877: 315-341 (reprint Geneva, 1973).
1973
Chatelain, Jean. Dominique Vivant Denon et le Louvre de Napoleon. Paris, 1973.
1993
Lelièvre, Pierre. Vivant Denon: homme des lumières 'ministre des arts' de Napoleon. Paris, 1993