Bidspirit auction | DENON DOMINIQUE VIVANT: (1747-1825)

DENON DOMINIQUE VIVANT: (1747-1825) - DENON DOMINIQUE VIVANT: (1747-1825) French artist, writer, diplomat and archaeologist who was appointed as the first director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon following the Egyptian campaign of 1798-1801. A fine, dark ink signature ( ´Denon´ ) and three lines of text in his hand, in French, ´Veuillez agréer D´avance Géneral les expressions de mes reconnaissance et croire à mon respectueux attachement´ (Translation: ´Please accept in advance, General, the expressions of my gratitude and believe in my respectful regards´ ) on a slim oblong 8vo piece, evidently neatly clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Lightly laid down at the corners to a page removed from an album and with a contemporary ink annotation beneath. About VG