Simon VouetFrench, 1590–1649Portrait du cardinal Jules Mazarin
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Portrait du cardinal Jules Mazarin” now? Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RFML.AG.2020.14.1, Recto
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée du Louvre
- Image: Musée du Louvre — GrandPalaisRmn (Musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado
In the life of Simon Vouet
The whole life1627–1649
Post: Premier peintre du Roi
1640
The king sets Poussin against Vouet
Louis XIII summoned Nicolas Poussin, famous in Italy, to Paris with the words “Now Vouet is caught!” and deliberately set the two painters against each other. Vouet, a friend of Poussin, probably chose not to stop his supporters' pamphlets; in the end Poussin returned to Italy and Vouet kept his primacy at court.
1640
Marries Radegonde Béranger
Two years after Virginia's death Vouet married a French widow, Radegonde Béranger, with whom he had three more children.
1648
Le Brun keeps his master out of the Royal Academy
Vouet's most influential pupil, Charles Le Brun, jealously excluded him from the Académie Royale; Vouet played no role in its foundation, which long afterwards eroded his reputation.
1649
The Fronde: last months in besieged Paris
Vouet's last year fell during the Fronde: the painter died in besieged Paris.
30 June 1649
Died
