About this artwork
In 1627 King Louis XIII called Vouet back from Italy with important painting and tapestry-design commissions. This work is one of a group of about 30 recently discovered small-format pastel portraits of the royal entourage made for the king’s amusement.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Simon Vouet
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Title
- Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Earrings
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- 1632–1635
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Medium
- Black chalk and pastel, heightened with white chalk, on light brown laid paper, laid down on an eighteenth-century mount with framing lines
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Dimensions
- 27.7 × 21 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Regenstein Endowment Fund
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Reference Number
- 2011.165
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/209865/manifest.json