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Dominique Vivant Denon

Philosophy Bringing Illumination to Ignorance

1790

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Philosophy Bringing Illumination to Ignorance

Dominique Vivant Denon

Philosophy Bringing Illumination to Ignorance

Dominique Vivant Denon

Philosophy Bringing Illumination to Ignorance

1790

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet (cut within platemark): 182 × 281 mm. (7 3/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.7526
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; Garrett Collection; T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore

Inscribed: In plate, at bottom left: "Denon int et St 1790"

Markings: CM: verso: Claghorn

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Portrait of De Wael and Brother
n.d.
QUASIMODO BRINGING SUPPLIES TO ESMERALDA
Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard
Quasimodo Bringing Supplies to Esmeralda
c. 1890
THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS
Dominique Vivant Denon and Jacopo Tintoretto
The Adoration of the Shepherds
n.d.
WOMEN BRINGING OFFERINGS TO A HERM OF PRIAPUS, WITH THREE SACRIFICING A DONKEY IN THE FOREGROUND
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Women Bringing Offerings to a Herm of Priapus, with Three Sacrificing a Donkey in the Foreground
c. 1584-1585
Two Lions and a Lioness
Dominique Vivant Denon and Martin Ferdinand Quadal
Two Lions and a Lioness
c. 1787
Essai au Grayon a la Plume et a L'Estompe
Dominique Vivant Denon
Essai au Grayon a la Plume et a L'Estompe
1809
FARMERS BRINGING HOME A YOUNG CALF BORN IN THE FIELDS
Maxime Lalanne and Jean-François Millet
Farmers Bringing Home a Young Calf Born in the Fields
1876
Head of a Man, seen from the right
Dominique Vivant Denon
Head of a Man, seen from the right
1818
FARMERS BRINGING HOME A YOUNG CALF BORN IN THE FIELDS
Maxime Lalanne and Jean-François Millet
Farmers Bringing Home a Young Calf Born in the Fields
1876
Man drawing a woman with servant looking on
Dominique Vivant Denon
Man drawing a woman with servant looking on
n.d.
FARMERS BRINGING HOME A YOUNG CALF BORN IN THE FIELDS
Maxime Lalanne and Jean-François Millet
Farmers Bringing Home a Young Calf Born in the Fields
1876