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Simon Vouet

1590 - 1649

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Simon Vouet (French pronunciation: [simɔ̃ vwɛ]; 9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France. He and his studio of artists created religious and mythological paintings, portraits, frescoes, tapestries, and massive decorative schemes for the king and for wealthy patrons, including Richelieu. During this time, "Vouet was indisputably the leading artist in Paris," and was immensely influential in introducing the Italian Baroque style of painting to France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Vouet is the 237th most popular painter (down from 224th in 2019), the 775th most popular biography from France (down from 748th in 2019) and the 61st most popular French Painter.

Simon Vouet was a French painter who is most famous for his work in Rome.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Simon Vouet ranks 237 out of 2,023. Before him are Alexej von Jawlensky, Domenichino, Zdzisław Beksiński, Gabriele Münter, Pisanello, and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark. After him are John Collier, Jan van Goyen, Saskia van Uylenburgh, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, George Grosz, and August Macke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, Simon Vouet ranks 6. Before him are Ahmed I, Kösem Sultan, Pope Clement X, Mahfiruz Hatun, and Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are William Bradford, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Gioachino Greco, Urbain Grandier, John Albert II, and Yamada Nagamasa. Among people deceased in 1649, Simon Vouet ranks 3. Before him are Charles I of England, and Injo of Joseon. After him are Ustad Ahmad Lahori, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Marie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Catherine of Brandenburg, Vittoria Farnese, David Teniers the Elder, Gerardus Vossius, Isaac van Ostade, and Susanna Hall.

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In France

Among people born in France, Simon Vouet ranks 775 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Louis Renault (1877), Peter Waldo (1140), Dom Pérignon (1639), Armand Fallières (1841), and Guntram (532). After him are Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Jacques Maritain (1882), René Clair (1898), and Georges Dumézil (1898).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Simon Vouet ranks 61. Before him are Francis Picabia (1879), Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Jan Gossaert (1478), Raoul Dufy (1877), and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824). After him are Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Georges Rouault (1871), and Martin Schongauer (1450).

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