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Simon Vouet

1590–1649

Artemisia Building the Mausolaeum — Simon Vouet

Selected artwork

Artemisia Building the Mausolaeum

Made early 1640s

Nationalmuseum

Baroque paintingFrance
Other names (53)

D. Vouet, francese Simon Ouet, Le Vouet, Monsieur Lovet, Monsieur Vouet, Mons.re Vouet, Monsù de Buè, Monsù Ouet, Monsu Ouvet, Monsu Ovet, monsu oveto, Monsu Ovett, Monsù Simon de Buè, Monsù Simone, Monsù Simon Guet, Monsù Simon Guetta, Monsu Simon Ovett, Monsù Simon Vouet, monsù Vonetti, Monsu Vouet, Monsu Vovet, Mr de Bue, Munsù Vet francese, Siméon Vouet, Simon Buet, Simone Boet, Simone Ovet, Simone Vouet, Simone Vovet, Simone Vovet Francese, Simone Vovett, Simone Vuetto pittor francese, Simone Wouet, Simone Wovertt, Simon Ovet, Simon Ovetti, Simon Voet, Simon Voüet, Simon Vouette, Simon Vouvet, Simon Vovet, Simon Vuet, Simon Woet, Simon Wouet, Simon Wovest, Sim. Vouet, Sim. Vovet, Smon Vouët, S Vouet, Symon Vouët, Vouet Simon, Vouetto, Voyett

Biography

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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