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Simon Vouet (French:; 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.
Apr 15, 2024 · Simon Vouet was a painter who introduced an Italianate Baroque style of painting into France. Vouet formed his style in Italy, where he lived from 1612 to 1627. The use of dramatic contrasts of light and shade seen in such early works as his Two Lovers indicates that he began in Rome as a follower.
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View all 49 artworks. Simon Vouet lived in the XVI – XVII cent., a remarkable figure of French Baroque. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- French
- June 30, 1649
- Paris, France
1590 - 1649. Image: Simon Vouet. Vouet was one of the leading painters in Paris during the age of Louis XIII. He was initially a follower of Caravaggio. He later developed a style based on his knowledge of Veronese and more recent trends in north Italian painting.
Biography. Simon Vouet was born in 1590 in Paris, the son of the minor painter Laurent Vouet (born c. 1553-1558). Evidently precocious, at age fourteen he was sent to England to execute a portrait of a "Lady of quality." In 1611, he traveled in the retinue of the French ambassador to Constantinople to make a portrait of an unknown gentleman.
The Painting of Simon Vouet. New Haven, 1962. Cuzin, Jean Pierrre. "Un Chef-d'oeuvre avorté de Simon Vouet: Le Saint Pierre et les malades commandé pour Saint-Pierre de Rome." In Études offertes à André Chastel, 359–370. Rome and Paris, 1987. Dargent, Georgette, and Jacques Thuillier. "Simon Vouet en Italie: Essai de catalogue critique."
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Feb 21, 2024 · Recalled to France by Louis XIII, Vouet dominated Paris, painting altarpieces and religious works for churches and illusionistic decorations for private home and public buildings, most of which have been destroyed.
