Portrait
Simon Vouet
gravure exécutée en 1682 par Esme Boulonnois Dimensions toute la feuille : 28 x 17 cm Dimensions au coup de planche : 18 x 13 cm rousseurs, auréoles lisière gauche Gravure authentique et originale du XVIIe Siècle
Simon Vouet, ou Simon Voüet, né le 9 janvier 1590 à Paris où il est mort le 30 juin 1649, artiste-peintre français, l'un des plus importants du XVIIe siècle. Son frère cadet Aubin Vouet (1595-1641) est également peintre. Leur père, le peintre Laurent Vouet, lui apprend les rudiments de l’art et Vouet s’adonne d’abord aux portraits. Il voyage en Angleterre vers 1604-1606 et fait partie de la suite du baron de Sancy, ambassadeur de France en poste à Constantinople, où il séjourne de 1611 à 1612. Il y peint le portrait de Mustafa 1er.
Simon Vouet (Parigi, 9 gennaio 1590 – Parigi, 30 giugno 1649) è stato un pittore e disegnatore francese. Stabilitosi in Italia per quasi vent'anni, fu uno dei maggiori esponenti del caravaggismo prima di ritornare in Francia nel 1627, dove fece evolvere il suo stile e contribuì all'introduzione del barocco italiano in Francia.
Simon Vouet ; 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," and was immensely influential in introducing the Italian Baroque style of painting to France. He was also "without doubt one of the outstanding seventeenth-century draughtsmen, equal to Annibale Carracci and Lanfranco |