French Simon Vouet Gallery 1590-1649 French painter and draughtsman. Although at the time regarded as one of the leading French painters of the first half of the 17th century, he is now known more for his influence on French painting than for his actual oeuvre. He made his reputation in Italy, where he executed numerous portraits for aristocratic patrons and was commissioned for religious subjects. Although the early Italian works show the influence of Caravaggio, his work was subsequently modified by the Baroque style of such painters as Lanfranco and the influence of the Venetian use of light and colour. When he was summoned back to France by Louis XIII in 1627 he thus brought with him an Italian idiom hitherto unknown in France that revitalized French painting.   Related Paintings of Simon Vouet :. | The Toiler of Venus | Saint Cecilia | Prince Marcantonio Doria (mk05) | Vierge Hesselin | Muses Urania and Calliope |
Related Artists:
Richard Wright
painted The Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1760
Leonard Defrance
Flemish Painter, 1735-1805
L ESTIN, Jacques de
French painter , b. 1597, Troyes, d. 1661, Troyes