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Oil On Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
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VOUET, Simon
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Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses (detail)
Painting ID:: 29648
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VOUET, Simon
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French Baroque Era Painter, 1590-1649
French painter and draughtsman. Although at the time regarded as one of the leading French painters of the first half of the 17th century, he is now known more for his influence on French painting than for his actual oeuvre. He made his reputation in Italy, where he executed numerous portraits for aristocratic patrons and was commissioned for religious subjects. Although the early Italian works show the influence of Caravaggio, his work was subsequently modified by the Baroque style of such painters as Lanfranco and the influence of the Venetian use of light and colour. When he was summoned back to France by Louis XIII in 1627 he thus brought with him an Italian idiom hitherto unknown in France that revitalized French painting |
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Parnassus or Apollo and the Muses (detail) |
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c. 1640
Oil on panel |
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Related Paintings::.
| The Raising of the Cross (mk01) | Crucifixion of Saint Andrew | Lake George at Sunset 1862 | |
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