Bust of a Man Facing Right
baron Dominique Vivant Denon
ca.1777–85 · Black chalk · Drawings and Prints
The attribution of this and a related sheet (60.620.78) to Dominique Vivant Denon was made by Marie-Anne Dupuy-Vachey in 2015 (see references). They are from a large series of drawn portraits made by Denon in Naples. In style, they reflect his training in the workshop of Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807). The identity of the sitter has been lost, but the number in purple ink suggests that there was once a list with sitter's names.
- Artist
- baron Dominique Vivant Denon
- Date
- ca.1777–85
- Medium
- Black chalk
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
