Portrait of a Woman wearing Pearls and a Crown of Flowers
Artist
Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649)French, 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
Not on view
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[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 History"Old Masters" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Dec. 14,2022-June 22, 2023 [First Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Beck Building 201-8, 210-212,217: No Catalog]
Published References Brejon de Lavergnée, B., “Some new pastels by Simon Vouet: portraits of the court of Louis XIII,” in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 124, 1982, no. 956, pp. 689-93 (passim) Brejon de Lavergnée, B. Vouet, La Revue des musées de France. Revue du Louvre, 2008, n° 2, p 10 à 12 Eadem, Musée du Louvre, Cabinet des Dessins, Inventaire général des dessins, Ecole française. Dessins de Simon Vouet, Paris, 1987, under cat. no. 50 (passim) Eadem, “Trois dessins de Simon Vouet et un dessin de Louis XIII,” in La revue des Musées de France. Revue du Louvre, 2008, pp. 10-12 (passim) Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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