Self-portrait (c. 1626–1627) Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
Born
(1590-01-09)9 January 1590
Paris, France
Died
30 June 1649(1649-06-30) (aged 59)
Paris, France
Education
Father's studio, years in Italy (1613–1627)
Known for
Painting, Drawing
Movement
Baroque
Patron(s)
Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu
Simon Vouet (French:[vwɛ]; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and mythological paintings, portraits, frescoes, tapestries, and massive decorative schemes for the king and for wealthy patrons, including Richelieu. During this time, "Vouet was indisputably the leading artist in Paris,"[1] and was immensely influential in introducing the Italian Baroque style of painting to France. He was also, according to Pierre Rosenberg, "without doubt one of the outstanding seventeenth-century draughtsmen, equal to Annibale Carracci and Lanfranco."[2]
^Posner, Donald. "The Paintings of Simon Vouet " (book review), The Art Bulletin, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Sept., 1963), pp. 286–291.
^Rosenberg, Pierre."Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins, Inventaire général des dessins, École française, Dessins de Simon Vouet 1590–1649 by Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée" (book review). Master Drawings, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Winter, 1987), p. 414.
SimonVouet (French: [vwɛ]; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis...
Manfredi, and SimonVouet. Gentileschi and Vouet would go on to have a professional relationship and would influence each other's styles. Vouet would go on...
small kithara, a musical instrument often associated with Apollo. In SimonVouet's representations, two turtle-doves are eating seeds at her feet. She...
Member of the Muses Detail of painting The Muses Urania and Calliope by SimonVouet, in which she holds a copy of the Odyssey Abode Mount Olympus Symbols...
the parish of Santa Maria del Popolo. While studying in Italy under SimonVouet, Valentin came under the influence of Caravaggio and Bartolomeo Manfredi...
Italian mannerism with a love of genre scenes were Georges de La Tour, SimonVouet, and the Le Nain brothers. The influence of the painters on subsequent...
Jean LeClerc, who studied under Saraceni during the early 17th century. SimonVouet spent an extensive period of time in Italy, from 1613 to 1627. His patrons...
Gypsies (c.1510, tapestry from wool and silk), Currier Museum of Art SimonVouet: The Fortune Teller (1617) David Teniers - Four gypsies with a child...
Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to SimonVouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious...
Teatro Lido, Medellín. Euterpe, The Muse of music and lyric poetry by SimonVouet Sculpture of Euterpe at the grave of Frédéric Chopin at Père Lachaise...
men, larger than life, from Abbot Suger to Louis XIII; some were by SimonVouet, others were careful copies by Philippe de Champaigne from known portraits;...
painters in Rome, and whose head in 1624 was another French painter, SimonVouet, who offered lodging to Poussin. Poussin became acquainted with other...
including painters such as Gerrit van Honthorst from the Netherlands, SimonVouet from France, Adam Elsheimer from Germany, and many others, all exploring...
(1901) Gustav Klimt, Judith II (1909) Raja Ravi Varma, Judith, 1889 SimonVouet, Judith with the Head of Holophernes Judith with the Head of Holofernes...
Boulogne Georges de La Tour Jean LeClerc Nicolas Tournier Claude Vignon SimonVouet Italian Caravaggisti Giovanni Baglione Marco Antonio Bassetti Orazio...
Aubin Vouet (1595 - 1641) was a French painter, the son of Laurent Vouet and younger brother of SimonVouet, both also painters. He joined his brother...
Boulogne Georges de La Tour Jean LeClerc Nicolas Tournier Claude Vignon SimonVouet Italian Caravaggisti Giovanni Baglione Marco Antonio Bassetti Orazio...
was commissioned by King Philip II of Spain. SimonVouet, The Toilet of Venus, about 1628. SimonVouet lived in Italy from 1613 to 1627, and was certainly...
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