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Simon Vouet

Also known as: Simon Vouet; primary name: Vouet, Simon
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; French; Male
Life dates: 1590-1649
Biography: Painter and etcher. In Italy 1611-27. Brother of Aubin (q.v.). Father-in-law of Michel Dorigny and François Tortebat, who continued his business in publishing plates of his work. For the 1650 printed catalogue of prints they had available, see J.C.Boyer in the 1992 publication of the Colloque Vouet, pp.584-5 and 592-3. Album of prints after his work at 161*.b.1
Bibliography: W.R.Crelly, 'The paintings of Vouet', New Haven 1962 exh. cat. Grand Palais 1991 Colloque Vouet 0f 1991, papers edited by Stéphane Loire, Paris 1992 (new catalogue being prepared by Arnauld & Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée and colleagues)

330 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1863.1114.592-691 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolas de PoillyPrint made by:Abraham Bosse |
Production date: 1659-1668 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

bracelet

Museum number: 1978,1002.544 |
Producer name: After:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Augsburg

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0411.74 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Simon VouetAttributed to:François Perrier |
Production date: 1590-1649

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1488 |
Producer name: BIOG50013 After:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1590-1649

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.947 |
Producer name: BIOG50013 Ascribed to:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1590-1649

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1884,0726.24 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 17thC

drawing; album; print study

Museum number: 1952,0121.17 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Michel DorignyFormerly attributed to:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1638

drawing

Museum number: 1846,0709.16 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Claude MellanFormerly attributed to:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1627

drawing

Museum number: 2015,7048.1 |
Producer name: BIOG50013 Drawn by:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1640-1649

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.11 |
Producer name: BIOG50013 After:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1631

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1896,0511.11 |
Producer name: After:Pierre MignardFormerly attributed to:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1661

drawing

Museum number: 2021,7001.1 |
Producer name: BIOG50013 Drawn by:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1634 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: G3,IP.1107 |
Producer name: Designed by:Denis BoutemieModelled by:Denis Boutemie |
Production date: 1656 |
Production place: Made in:France

medallion

Museum number: 1978,1002.104 |
Producer name: After:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 17thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Augsburg

print

Title: Porticus reginae in Arcis Fontis-Bellaquae Vestibulo Picturae & Ornatus |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1644

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.118 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1651

print

Title: Simon Vouet Icones Principum Virorum |
Museum number: 1852,1211.128 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert van VoerstAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1630-1645

print; costume print

Title: Armand de Gontaud de Biron, Maréchal de France A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations |
Museum number: 1871,0812.5028 |
Producer name: After:Philippe de ChampaigneAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1757-1772

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre DaretAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1642

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel LasneAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1637

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean BoulangerAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1661

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre DaretAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1640

print

Title: Monuments des arts de dessin chez les peuples |
Museum number: 1856,0209.926 |
Producer name: After:Simon VouetPrint made by:François Louis Gounod |
Production date: 1816-1823

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.46 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre DaretAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1642

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1642

print

Title: Simon Vouet pit. Franc. Serie degli Uomini i più illustri nella pittura, s |
Museum number: 1874,0613.2133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni Battista BettiAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1769-1775

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.59 |
Producer name: After:Simon VouetPublished by:Jean Leblond I |
Production date: 1630-1650

print

Museum number: 1850,1109.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert RobinsonAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1683-1688

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: X,6.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1873,0712.206 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1873,0712.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.137 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1873,0712.215 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1873,0712.210 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.138 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1873,0712.208 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1873,0712.213 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.136 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; ornament print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.132 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print; book-illustration

Title: Petrus Seguier Fraciae Cancellarius... |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2462 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.275 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert RobinsonAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1674-1706 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre DaretAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1640 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: O,3.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude MellanAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1624 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration

Title: Seugerius Abas Sandionysiacus... |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1161 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; book-illustration

Title: Simon comes de Montfort... |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1055 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1851,1213.487 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude MellanAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1625 |
Production place: Printed in:Rome (city)

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1642 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1638 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter de Jode IIAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1632 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; ornament print

Title: Buch von unterschidlichen Zierathen |
Museum number: 1873,0712.223 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Ulrich KrausAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1691 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: Le Christ à la colonne Musée Français |
Museum number: 1859,0806.531 |
Producer name: After:Eustache Le SueurAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1803-1809

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1664

print

Museum number: 2006,U.1094 |
Producer name: Print made by:William FaithorneAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647-1680

print; book-illustration

Title: Betrandus du Guesclin comes Tabuli sub Carolo V |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1141 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650

print; book-illustration

Title: Puella Aureliaca |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1090 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.36 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean BoulangerAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1655

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1665

print; book-illustration

Title: Gasto Franciae Dux Aureliacus... |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2376 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1638

print; book-illustration

Title: Olivarius de Clisson, Comes Stabuli... |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1117 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1664

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1665

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.48 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre DaretAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1638

print; book-illustration

Title: Franciscus de Lesdiguières, Comes Stabuli sub Hen. 4 et Lud. 13 |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1150 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Porticus Bibliothecae illustrissimi Seguierii Galliae Cancellarii |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1640

print; book-illustration

Title: Ioannes comes de Dunois... |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1121 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Simone Vouet Pittore di figure, nacque in Parigi.. Museum Florentinum |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4368 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro Antonio PazziAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1731-1766

print; book-illustration

Title: Ludovicus de La Trimouille |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2023 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Bernardo Strozzi Pitt. Detto il Prete / Genovese Serie degli Uomini i più illustri nella pittura, s |
Museum number: 1874,0613.2106 |
Producer name: Print made by:Benedetto ErediIntermediary draughtsman:Ignazio Enrico Hugford |
Production date: 1769-1775

print

Title: Porticus Bibliothecae illustrissimi Seguierii Galliae Cancellarii |
Museum number: X,6.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1640

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.31 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel LasneAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1637

print; book-illustration

Title: Carolus Cardinalis a Lotharingia... |
Museum number: 1871,1209.2027 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1650

print

Title: Simon Vouet Gallus pictor |
Museum number: 1856,0913.290 |
Producer name: BIOG35543 Print made by:Ottavio Leoni |
Production date: 1625

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1638

print

Title: Livre de diverses grotesques |
Museum number: X,6.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1647

print

Title: La bienheureuse soeur Marie de l'Incarnation... |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.60 |
Producer name: BIOG50013 After:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1618-1650

print

Museum number: 1870,0625.1032 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1665

print; book-illustration

Title: Gasto Franciae Dux Aureliacus... |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1155 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles DavidAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1620-1630

print; book-illustration

Title: Scaevola de Chastillon, Comes Stabuli... |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1116 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1865,0408.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Claude MellanAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1625

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1638

print; book-illustration

Title: Georgius Cardinalis Ambasius |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1089 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.99 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1644

print

Title: Parisiensis Pictor Simon Vouet |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.1 |
Producer name: BIOG41656 Print made by:François Perrier |
Production date: 1632

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1640

print

Title: Porticus reginae in Arcis Fontis-Bellaquae Vestibulo Picturae & Ornatus |
Museum number: 1872,0511.1099 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1644

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.44 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1649

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.122 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1651

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1665

print; book-illustration

Title: Ioannes Boucicault Polemarchus... |
Museum number: 1870,1008.1105 |
Producer name: Print made by:François BignonAfter:Philippe de Champaigne |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1665

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:François TortebatAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1665

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.121 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1651

print

Museum number: 1841,1211.39.90 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1651

print

Title: Porticus Bibliothecae illustrissimi Seguierii Galliae Cancellarii |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1640

print

Title: Porticus reginae in Arcis Fontis-Bellaquae Vestibulo Picturae & Ornatus |
Museum number: 1841,1211.39.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Michel DorignyAfter:Simon Vouet |
Production date: 1644

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