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Simon Vouet (Paris 1590-1649)
Lot 101

Simon Vouet (Paris 1590-1649)

A kneeling woman in a billowing mantle

Closed26 January 2012

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Simon Vouet (Paris 1590-1649)
A kneeling woman in a billowing mantle
with inscriptions 'Le Sueur.' (twice on the mount, one inscription trimmed)
black chalk, traces of white chalk, unframed
10 x 6 7/8 in. (25.3 x 17.4 cm.)

Specialist note

Although this drawing can not be connected to any known composition, it must date to around 1640. It is especially close in handling to a study for the Mary Magdalene carried by angels, from the Mariette collection now in the Louvre (inv. 33310; B. Brejon, Inventaire général des dessins. Ecole française. Dessins de Simon Vouet, Paris, 1987, no. 27).