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Simon Vouet

1590–1649 · French

Born
1590 · Paris
Died
1649 · Paris

35 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Simon Vouet 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 created religious and mythological paintings, portraits, frescoes, tapestries, and massive decorative schemes, introducing the Italian Baroque style to France.

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Simon Vouet (French pronunciation: [simɔ̃ 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 Cardinal Richelieu. During this time, "Vouet was indisputably the leading artist in Paris," 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." A major international exhibition of Vouet's work is planned for 2027, co-organized by the Musée du Petit Palais in Paris and the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco.

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Selected registered works by Simon Vouet

Selected from 35 works by Simon Vouet in the Collect24 Registry.

Simon Vouet, Portrait of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu

Simon Vouet

Portrait of Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu, about 1632–1634

Black, white, and red chalk with pink fabricated chalk, on beige paper

27.3 × 21.1 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-213440

Simon Vouet, Study for the figures of Venus and Cupid (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Simon Vouet

Study for the figures of Venus and Cupid (recto); Study of a Male Nude (verso), about 1630–1635

Black chalk with white chalk

38.7 × 21.7 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-210117

Simon Vouet, Venus and Adonis

Simon Vouet

Venus and Adonis, about 1642

Oil on canvas

132.7 × 96.5 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-132636

Simon Vouet, Louis XIII

Simon Vouet

Louis XIII, 1700

oil paint

163 × 154 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-269200

Simon Vouet, Two Crouching Nude Male Figures

Simon Vouet

Two Crouching Nude Male Figures, ca. 1640

Black chalk heightened with white on beige paper; two vertical ruled lines in red chalk, center

17.1 × 28.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-578892

Simon Vouet, Portrait of Louis XIII

Simon Vouet

Portrait of Louis XIII, ca. 1632–35

Black and white chalk with touches of pastel on light brown paper

27.3 × 21.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-491660

Simon Vouet, Portrait of Virginia da Vezzo

Simon Vouet

Portrait of Virginia da Vezzo, 1625

paint

56 × 48 cm

Gemäldegalerie Berlin

C24-463588

Simon Vouet, Mary with child

Simon Vouet

Mary with child, 1615

105.5 × 80 cm

Munich Central Collecting Point

C24-401593

Simon Vouet, The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine

Simon Vouet

The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine, 1614

oil paint

182 × 130 cm

Museo del Prado

C24-382381

Simon Vouet, Ceres and Harvesting Cupids

Simon Vouet

Ceres and Harvesting Cupids, 1634

oil paint

145.5 × 188 cm

National Gallery

C24-362650

Simon Vouet, Madonna and child

Simon Vouet

Madonna and child, 1640

oil paint

97 × 77 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-270929

Simon Vouet, Allegory of Wealth

Simon Vouet

Allegory of Wealth, 1637

oil paint

170 × 124 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-269217

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