Portrait of the Comte de Lacépède 1747 - 1825

This is a portrait of the Comte de Lacépède, a French naturalist and politician, created by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, a noted French artist and diplomat. This is a black and white lithograph, depicting the sitter from the chest up, with a focused gaze. The portrait was created between 1747 and 1825, the years that both the artist and the sitter lived. The portrait captures a realistic likeness of the sitter, highlighting his age with fine lines around his eyes. This print is currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.