Woman Playing a Guitar (Vouet)
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Artist | Simon Vouet |
Year | c. 1618 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 106.5 cm × 75.8 cm (41.9 in × 29.8 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Accession | 2017.242 |
Woman Playing a Guitar is an oil on canvas painting by French artist Simon Vouet, executed c. 1618. The painting depicts a woman lost in reverie while playing a guitar. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Description[]
Woman Playing a Guitar depicts a satin-garbed women playing a guitar, a subject that was common in 17th century European art.[1] The woman is seen gazing at into space, and is described by the Met as being "lost in reverie". Sources have also commented on the subject's sumptuous dress.[2][1]
The work was painted by Simon Vouet while the French artist was living in Rome. The work was painted for a private collector, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art speculates that the work may have once been in the collection of .[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Woman Playing a Guitar". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Stephan Wolohojian in "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2016–2018." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 76 (Fall 2018), p. 33, ill. (color)
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