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# 4 January: the birth of Vivant Denon, artist, Egyptologist, collector and first director of the Louvre
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- Published: 2017-01-04T13:53:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:46:18.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Archaeology, Art, Museums, Paris, People

4 January: the birth of Vivant Denon, artist, Egyptologist, collector and first director of the Louvre. He accompanied Napoleon on the Egyptian campaign and, in his spare time, cultivated the friendship of Catherine the Great and Madame de Pompadour