Simon Vouet
Portrait of a Woman wearing Pearls and a Crown of Flowers

ArtistFrench, 1590–1649
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Portrait of a Woman wearing Pearls and a Crown of Flowers
Datec. 1632–1635
MediumPastel on beige laid paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 5/16 in. (27.4 × 21.1 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Endowment
Object number2021.726
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist’s estate [1]; Collection Camille de Tournon, comte de Simiane, pair de France (1778 - 1833), France; by descent in the family until 2008; [Galerie de Bayser, Paris, 2008]; Private collection, New York, from 2008; [Paris, Artcurial, Old Master & 19th Century Art, lot 223, 27 March 2019, lot 223]; Private collection, New York; [Mark W. Brady, New York, 2021]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.

[1] According to an inventory (inventaire après décès) drawn up upon Vouet’s death, dated 3 July 1649: “no. 293: Item ung livre relié en veau doré …, chargé des armes du Roy de France, dans lequel il y a soixante-quattre feuilles tant de portraits au pastel que autres choses dudit deffunt Vouet…” and “no. 294: Item un autre livre dans lequel y a quinze testes de portraits designes par led. deffunt.”
Exhibition HistoryNone noted for this portrait.
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