Simon Vouet
French, 1590-1649
Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Earrings
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Simon Vouet
French, 1590-16491632/35
Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Earrings
Simon Vouet French, 1590-1649 →chalkpaper
Date
1632/35
Medium
Black chalk and pastel, heightened with white chalk, on light brown laid paper, laid down on an eighteenth-century mount with framing lines
Dimensions
27.7 × 21 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Regenstein Endowment Fund
In 1627 King Louis XIII called Vouet back from Italy with important painting and tapestry-design commissions. This work is one of a group of about 30 recently discovered small-format pastel portraits of the royal entourage made for the king’s amusement.
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