Dominique Vivant-Denon

Christophe Guerin

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white oval portrait of a man with short curly hair sitting at a desk. The man wears a dark jacket with a pin or medal on the left side, a white cravat and vest underneath. He holds a quill pen in his right hand over an open book on the desk. The left hand rests on the desk. An inkwell sits on the desk to his right. The background shows a wall and chair back behind him. Text at the bottom reads "Vivant Denon" and additional smaller text below. The image has a striped border.