Simon Vouet
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Simon Vouet was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created reli
Self-portrait (c. 1626–1627) Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
Virginia da Vezzo, the Artist's Wife, as the Magdalen (c. 1627), LACMA
David with the Head of Goliath (1620–1622), Palazzo Bianco, Genoa
Vouet family tree, simplified to show those known to be artists: Simon and his father, brother, wife, son, sons-in-law, and grandson
Virginia Vezzi
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Virginia Vezzi, sometimes given as Virginia da Vezzo, was an Italian painter, and the wife of French painter Simon Vouet.
Simon Vouet
…His father Laurent was a painter in Paris and taught him the rudiments of art. Simon's brother Aubin Vouet was also a painter, as also was Simon's wife Virginia da Vezzo, their son Louis-René Vouet, their two sons-in-law, Michel Dorigny and François Tortebat, and their grandson Ludovico Dorigny. Simon began his career…
Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1624)
The Blanton Danaë before the restoration that uncovered the putto and Jupiter.
Virginia da Vezzo, portrait engraving by Claude Mellan, 1626, Metropolitan Museum.