Vivan-Denon.L'Oeil De Napoléon

Dominique-Vivant Denon - l'Oeil De Napoleon (ISBN : 2711839583 / 2-7118-3958-3) Rosenberg, Pierre et al Description du livre: Reunion Des Musees Nationaux, Paris, France, 1999. softcover-. État : New-. 31 x 25 Cms. 540 pages - in French - 34 mostly color plates and 634 duotone and b/w illustrations - published to coincide with the 1999 showing at the Louvre Museum in Paris of works by, or acquired by, the museum's first curator, Dominique-Vivant Denon (1747-1825) who was appointed to his post by Emperor Napoleon I - featuring drawings and engravings by Denon as well as ancient Egyptian papyrus, Dürer paintings and other treasures that he acquired during his 13-year tenure - essays by over 20 noted scholars on Denon, his trip to Egypt, his ambition to create the world's most beautiful museum, his collections, portraits, and, more - chronology, list of works in the 1814 School of Primitives showing, identification of paintings & drawings in Denon's collection, biblio. and index. N° de réf. du libraire 004451 Size: Quarto