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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.603
People
Simon Vouet, French (Paris 1590 - 1649 Paris)
Title
Kneeling Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1640
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294582

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper covered with blue wove paper, framing lines in black ink
Dimensions
25.2 x 37.4 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: signed, lower right, black ink: svouetf.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, sold; to Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower right, black ink, as of 1978); Fogg Art Museum, 1984, inv. no. 1984.603

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.603
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The kneeling woman is shown from the rear in a three-quarter view to the left, represented from below. The post of the figure—head upturned and left arm extended—convey an attitude of rapt attention. The sole of the left foot is exposed beneath voluminous draperies. There is a monumentality of this single figure, heightened by the foreshortening and pyramidal form.

Publication History

  • John Richardson, ed., The Collection of Germain Seligman: Paintings, Drawings and Works of Art, E. V. Thaw & Co., Artemis S.A., and David Carritt Ltd. (New York, Luxembourg, and London, 1979), cat. no. 85, n.p., repr.
  • Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Dessins de Simon Vouet, Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 1987), cat. no. LXXIX, p. 123, repr.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/07/2022 - 03/06/2023

Verification Level

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