Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Earrings
Simon VouetLinkedCulture matchlcp-f7cae0311218
- 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
- Culture
- France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 209865
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
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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- Credit line
- Regenstein Endowment Fund
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- Object type
- AAT300033973
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