Sevres plate from marli-d’or service – Egyptian scene “Barber”

After a drawing by Vivant Denon (1747-1825) “The barber” for the published description of his journey to Egypt during Bonaparte’s 1798 campaign, Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte (1802). Denon was an artist, curator and author who worked in Italy and France and was Napoleon’s Minister of Arts and first director of the Musée Napoléon (Louvre) (1802-15).