Design for a Wall Decoration at Fontainebleau, 1643-1644
Simon Vouetexpand_more
Gift of Professor Alfred Moirexpand_more 2002.121
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Simon Vouet served at the court of Louis XIII as "first painter to the king." At the chateau of Fontainebleau, Vouet used this sketch as the basis for a fresco in the vestibule of the queen's apartments in 1644. The decorations were later destroyed, but they are known from a book of engravings that reproduce the works. This drawing even provided inspiration for the book's title page. The engraver, Michel Dorigny, Vouet's son-in-law, made significant changes to Vouet's drawing when adapting it for print, altering the composition and turning Vouet's robust, monumental figures into thinner, less classicizing women and putti.
Details
- Title
- Design for a Wall Decoration at Fontainebleau
- Artist Life
- 1590–1649
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2002.121
- Provenance
- Sale, Sotheby's, London, March 17, 1975, no. 38, for £540 to Moir); Professor Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1975-2002; gave to MIA)
- Curator Approved
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