VOUET, SIMON (1590-1649) , French painter, was born at Paris on the 9th of January 1590. He passed many years in Italy, where he married, and established himself 'at Rome, enjoying there a high reputation as a portrait painter. Louis XIII. recalled him to France and lodged him in the Louvre with the
; he formed a large school, and renewed the traditions of that of Fcntainebleau. Among his scholars was the famous Le Brun. Vouet was an exceedingly skilful painter, especially in decoration, and executed important works of this class for
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