id:			441213
accession number:	2021.133
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2021.133
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:34.524000

Portrait of a man in profile, turned to the left, 1632–34. Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649). Black and white chalks, red, pink and yellow pastel on light brown paper; image: 27.5 x 20.8 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/16 in.); sheet: 49.4 x 38.6 cm (19 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2021.133

title:				Portrait of a man in profile, turned to the left
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creation date:			1632–34
creation date earliest:		1632
creation date latest:		1634
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	France
technique:	black and white chalks, red, pink and yellow pastel on light brown paper
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 27.5 x 20.8 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 49.4 x 38.6 cm (19 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Atelier of the artist, Paris, France
	date: 1649
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	Count Camille de Tournon-Simiane (1778-1833)
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	by descent to the previous owners, France
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	Christie’s, Paris, France
	date: May 27, 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: September 13, 2021-
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fun fact:
Simon Vouet drew portraits of courtiers at the express request of King Louis XIII, who wanted to observe him in order to learn how to draw.

digital description:
Simon Vouet characterized this sitter, likely an advisor to the court of King Louis XIII, with a spontaneous pose and specific facial expression. The man’s distinguishing features are his deeply lined, almond-shaped eyes, and unruly head of hair, whose top has been flattened forward by the hat, which he holds to his side. Vouet introduced a more naturalistic mode of portraiture to France when he returned to Paris in 1627 after fourteen years in Rome. His typically frank presentations dissolved the space between the artist and sitter.

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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.133/2021.133_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.133/2021.133_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2021.133/2021.133_full.tif