Erotic Engraving By Dominique Vivant Denon, 19th Century.

Rare engraving by the famous artist and engraver Dominique Vivant Denon, 1747-1825, taken from his "Priapique work", 19th century; (photos taken under glass, framing at the end of the 19th century, no framing since, "in its own juice". Some foxing and stains, slightly curled paper (to unframe and tighten) subject to the antique rather daring no tearing (a very small fold in the paper on the top and on the left) .. Signed in the engraving, on the bottom and on the left, Denon in et ft 1798. (inventit et fecit), one of the 31 plates of the priapic work (see details of the work priapique on the Net.) Vivant Denon was the first great curator of the Louvre, took part in the trip to Egypt with Bonaparte. active under the reign of Louis XV, Louis XVI, Napoleon, his life is a novel and his work engraved and drawn very important. (see wikipedia) Vivant Denon museum: The Denon collection of the museum includes more than six hundred drawings, prints, paintings or prints directly related to the life and work of Dominique-Vivant Denon, born in Chalon-sur- Saône in 1747 and died in Paris in 1825. Regularly exhibited in the permanent room dedicated to him these works allow us to understand the different facets of this illustrious Chalonnais who was at the same time diplomat, libertine author, disseminator of Egyptian art, Minister of Arts under the Empire, first director of the Louvre, but also draftsman, engraver and great collector. The literary work After having written a play Julie ou le Bon Père and a libertine novel Point de matin, Dominique-Vivant Denon collaborated in the writing of the Picturesque Voyage or Description of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily (1781 - 1786) , one of the most famous illustrated travel accounts of the time. As part of the contingent of scholars who accompanied Bonaparte during the Egyptian Expedition, Dominique-Vivant Denon published on his return the story of his Voyage in Lower and Upper Egypt during the campaigns of General Bonaparte. Illustrated with engraved plates, the book was immediately very successful. The drawn and engraved work Never having ceased to practice drawing and engraving throughout his life, the artist Dominique Vivant Denon defined himself as a “professional amateur”. His work shows a great freedom of interpretation, established on the fringes of contemporary artistic trends and which remains intrinsically linked to his person, his erudition and his curiosity The collection kept at the museum includes more than one hundred drawings, portraits of members of society that Denon frequents (close friends, diplomats, scholars, servants or sovereigns), sketches brought back from his travels in Italy or Egypt, drawings made under his direction during the Napoleonic campaigns, as well as several hundred prints divided between original engravings, engravings in erotic connotations drawn from the priapic work, lithographs, or engravings of reproduction of the paintings of 17th and 18th century painters that Denon is fond of. Art, museums, distribution Minister of the arts under the Empire, Denon was associated with the progressive development of artistic programs to the glory of Napoleon. Throughout the First Empire he exercised control over French artistic production and had the Napoleonic gesture illustrated by numerous drawings, engravings, medals or paintings. Director of the Napoleon Museum, now the Louvre Museum, he traveled through Europe following the victorious Napoleonic armies to select from the conquered cities the masterpieces intended to be deposited in the Parisian museum. Denon collector After having resigned from his functions at the fall of the Empire, Dominique-Vivant Denon devoted himself to the preparation of a vast work on the history of art, which would be completed after his death by Amaury-Duval and will appear in 1829 under the title: The Monuments of the Drawing Arts among both ancient and modern peoples. Illustrated by reproductions of works "taken from the cabinet of Mr Denon" this book gives us a good overview of the imposing collection assembled by Dominique-Vivant Denon throughout his life (3200 numbers in the catalog of his sale after death )… 24x16 cms at sight 34x26 cms with frame