What is the best-known painting by Simon Vouet?Read the answer
Venus and Adonis (1642), J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The Muses of Urania and Calliope (1634) and Annunciation (1640) follow.
What age was Simon Vouet when Venus and Adonis was painted?Read the answer
Simon Vouet, born in 1590, was 52 years old: Venus and Adonis dates from 1642.
What are the 10 most famous paintings by Simon Vouet?Read the answer
Venus and Adonis, The Muses of Urania and Calliope, Annunciation, The Fortuneteller (detail), Sleeping Venus, Allegory of Virtue, The Entombment, Angels with Attributes of the Passion: Angel Holding the Vessel and Towel for washing the hands of Pontius Pilate, Saint John and Virgin and Child, with an Angel. Each canvas in the ranking above comes with its year and its museum.
How many works did Simon Vouet paint in all?Read the answer
166 works by Simon Vouet are in our catalogue, dated 1614 to 1645.
Where can I see Simon Vouet's most famous canvases?Read the answer
Mostly in The Louvre (Paris), Szépművészeti Múzeum (Budapest) and National Gallery of Art (Washington); the list above names each museum and its canvases.
When did Simon Vouet paint the best-loved canvases?Read the answer
In 1620s, which gave 31 of the 100 works on this page, Angels with Attributes of the Passion: Angel Holding the Vessel and Towel for washing the hands of Pontius Pilate among them.
Which are Simon Vouet's earliest and latest famous canvases?Read the answer
The earliest canvas here is Lovers (1614); the latest is Allegory of Prudence (1645).
What did Simon Vouet paint most often?Read the answer
Woman (15), Renaissance (12) and Mythology (9), across the 100 works on this page.
Which medium did Simon Vouet paint in most often?Read the answer
Oil On Canvas, used in 40 of the 100 works on this page.
Which movement is Simon Vouet's painting part of?Read the answer
Baroque, as the canvases on this page show.
Which Simon Vouet canvases hang at the The Louvre?Read the answer
The The Louvre, Paris holds 12 of the works on this page, among them Allegory of Virtue, Heavenly Charity and POLYMNIE, MUSE DE L'ELOQUENCE.
Can I buy a reproduction of a Simon Vouet canvas?Read the answer
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered from its own page as an oil reproduction painted by hand, or as a fine art print, in the size you choose.
