Harvard Art Museums > 1984.603: Kneeling Woman Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Kneeling Woman (Simon Vouet) , 1984.603,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/294582. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1984.603 People Simon Vouet, French (Paris 1590 - 1649 Paris) Title Kneeling Woman Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1640 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/294582 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and white chalk on tan antique laid paper, laid down on off-white antique laid paper covered with blue wove paper, framing lines in black ink Dimensions 25.2 x 37.4 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: signed, lower right, black ink: svouetf. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Robert M. Light and Co., Santa Barbara, sold; to Germain Seligman, New York (his mark, L.3863, lower right, black ink, as of 1978); Fogg Art Museum, 1984, inv. no. 1984.603 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Fund and Louise Haskell Daly Fund Accession Year 1984 Object Number 1984.603 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The kneeling woman is shown from the rear in a three-quarter view to the left, represented from below. The post of the figure—head upturned and left arm extended—convey an attitude of rapt attention. The sole of the left foot is exposed beneath voluminous draperies. There is a monumentality of this single figure, heightened by the foreshortening and pyramidal form. Publication History John Richardson, ed., The Collection of Germain Seligman: Paintings, Drawings and Works of Art, E. V. Thaw & Co., Artemis S.A., and David Carritt Ltd. (New York, Luxembourg, and London, 1979), cat. no. 85, n.p., repr. Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée, Dessins de Simon Vouet, Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, 1987), cat. no. LXXIX, p. 123, repr. Exhibition History 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/07/2022 - 03/06/2023 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
