Simon Vouet

Simon Vouet (* January 9, 1590 probably in Paris, † June 30, 1649 ) was a French baroque painter.

Simon Vouet in 1612 went to Rome, where he was influenced by Caravaggio, painted in chiaroscuro style, he returned in 1627 as court painter to France and painted by order of Louis XIII. and Cardinal Richelieu in the Louvre and the Palais Royal. He oversaw the equipment of the royal palaces. His later works differ from Chiaroscuro by lighter tones and only slight light-dark shades. You are at the beginning of the Baroque painting tradition in France, which greatly as a teacher of, among others, Charles Le Brun influenced Simon Vouet.

Other works

• Allegory of the human soul, before 1624, canvas, 179 × 144 cm.
• Angels carry the instruments of the Passion, 1626, canvas, 131 x 77 cm, Musée des beaux -arts de Besançon
• Allegory of Victory, circa 1630, canvas, 243 × 115 cm.
• Cupid and Psyche, canvas, 112 × 165 cm.
• Portrait of "Bravo," canvas, 74 × 58 cm.
• Portrait of a man, canvas, 88 × 74 cm.
• Presentation in the Temple, canvas, 393 x 250 cm.
• The Apostles at the Tomb of Mary, 1629, canvas, 300 × 260 cm.
• The impotence of St. Mary Magdalene, canvas, 100 × 80 cm.
• Garb of St. Francis, 1622-24, canvas, 185 × 252 cm
• Allegorical representation of Anna of Austria as Minerva, 1643, ( Hermitage, Saint Petersburg )

Apollo and the Muses, detail

Apollo and the Muses