Simon Vouet, 1632

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Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 30.8 × 21.5 cm (12 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

sheet: 36 × 25 cm (14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Robert-Dumesnil, no. 12

Accession Number

2020.83.2

Artists / Makers

François Perrier (artist) French, 1594 - 1649

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Inscription

recto: in plate, on oval border: SIMON VOVET PARISIENSIS VICTOR.; in plate, at lower center on lion skin: Vt monstrat natura deum, sic oemula per te / Ars etiam authorem scit simulare suum. / Anno M.DC.XXXII; in plate, at lower left: Fran Perier Fecit in.; in plate, at lower right: Cum Priuilegio; verso: in graphite at bottom: [to transcribe]

Marks and Labels

verso: Roland de Perthuis, Strasbourg (Lugt 4237)

Provenance

Roland de Perthuis, Strasbourg [1927 - 2016] (Lugt 4237). (James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased 2020 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bergquist, James A., Mr.
Perthuis, Roland de

Bibliography

1967: Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur français, ou Catalogue raisonné des estampes gravées par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'école française. Ouvrage faisant suite au Peintre-graveur de Bartsch.. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris, 1967.