Simon Vouet
French, 1590-1649
Bust Portrait of a Young Man
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Simon Vouet
French, 1590-16491620/25
Bust Portrait of a Young Man
Simon Vouet French, 1590-1649 →drawings (visual works)prints and drawing
Date
1620/25
Medium
Black and red chalk, with stumping, on tan laid paper
Dimensions
14.2 × 11.9 cm (5 5/8 × 4 11/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Regenstein Endowment Fund
The Parisian Simon Vouet became one of the most influential artists of his generation. He went to Italy as a young man and worked in Caravaggio’s wake in Rome. This compelling depiction of a disheveled, nude young man (possibly a self-portrait) has an immediacy and a naturalism characteristic of the Baroque. The figure’s engaging gaze into our space draws us in.
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