Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Earrings
Simon Vouet
1632/35
Medium
Black chalk and pastel, heightened with white chalk, on light brown laid paper, laid down on an eighteenth-century mount with framing lines
Dimensions
27.7 × 21 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
209865
Rights
Public Domain
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.
About the Artist
Simon Vouet · 1590–1649
French painter. Comment on works: Portraits; Religious; Mythology; Allegory