Simon Vouet. 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 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. Simon Vouet was born on January 9, 1590 in Paris.
His father Laurent was a painter in Paris and taught him the rudiments of art. Simon's brother Aubin Vouet was also a painter, as also was Simon's wife Virginia da Vezzo, their son Louis-René Vouet, their two sons-in-law, Michel Dorigny and François Tortebat, and their grandson Ludovico Dorigny.
Simon began his career as a portrait painter. At age 14 he travelled to England to paint a commissioned portrait and in 1611 was part of the entourage of the Baron de Sancy, French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, for the same purpose. From Constantinople he went to Venice in 1612 and was in Rome by 1614. He remained in Italy until 1627, mostly in Rome where the Baroque style was becoming dominant. He re
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. Simon Vouet was born on January 9, 1590 in Paris.
His father Laurent was a painter in Paris and taught him the rudiments of art. Simon's brother Aubin Vouet was also a painter, as also was Simon's wife Virginia da Vezzo, their son Louis-René Vouet, their two sons-in-law, Michel Dorigny and François Tortebat, and their grandson Ludovico Dorigny.
Simon began his career as a portrait painter. At age 14 he travelled to England to paint a commissioned portrait and in 1611 was part of the entourage of the Baron de Sancy, French ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, for the same purpose. From Constantinople he went to Venice in 1612 and was in Rome by 1614. He remained in Italy until 1627, mostly in Rome where the Baroque style was becoming dominant. He re
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