Simon VouetFrance, 1590–1649Peut-on la contempler ?
Présentée au public. Qui s’en porte garant est indiqué ci-dessous.
La Présentation au Temple est une œuvre du peintre Simon Vouet, réalisée vers 1640-1641 et conservée au musée du Louvre.
1627–1649
Post: Premier peintre du Roi
1640
Marries Radegonde Béranger
Two years after Virginia's death Vouet married a French widow, Radegonde Béranger, with whom he had three more children.
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.
1641
Death of his brother Aubin Vouet
Simon's younger brother, the painter Aubin Vouet (1595–1641), died.