Etching in beautiful frame in walnut wood taken from the trip in the lower and upper Egypt. Illustrated by. Denon. Florence, Giuseppe Tofani editions, 1808, depicting the Table: 68 Fountain of Kitah Kineth in the desert. 285 x 675 mm (182 x 473 without frame). Dominique Vivant Denon (Chalon-sur-Saône Paris 1747- 1825) It was the court of Louis XV, where he had several official positions for cataloging and conservation of artistic goods. He followed the French Ambassador, Count Clermont d'Amboi

Etching in beautiful frame in walnut wood taken from the trip in the lower and upper Egypt. Illustrated by. Denon. Florence, Giuseppe Tofani editions, 1808, depicting the Table: 68 Fountain of Kitah Kineth in the desert. 285 x 675 mm (182 x 473 without frame). Dominique Vivant Denon (Chalon-sur-Saône Paris 1747- 1825) It was the court of Louis XV, where he had several official positions for cataloging and conservation of artistic goods. He followed the French Ambassador, Count Clermont d'Amboise, in Naples, and here performed of the illustrations of the old Abbot Travel picturesque Saint-No. Sentenced to death during the French Revolution, he was saved from the guillotine by David. With the advent of the empire it was close to Napoleon, who wanted him with him to Egypt where he painted the illustrations for the expedition to Egypt. On his return to Paris he was appointed director of the museums of France and was the first organizer and director of the Louvre.