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Simon Vouet
Model for Altarpiece in St. Peter's1625

Not on view
Oil painting of a winged angel and three figures with auburn curls resting on clouds against a golden-brown background, painted with soft, warm tonal modeling
Oil painting of two winged figures reclining on clouds; one draped in red looks upward, the other in blue gestures outward; additional cherub faces emerge from golden clouds in the background, rendered with smooth modeling and warm tones.
Artist or Maker
Simon Vouet
France, Paris, 1590-1649
Title
Model for Altarpiece in St. Peter's
Place Made
Italy, Rome
Date Made
1625
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 16 × 24 1/4 in. (40.64 × 61.6 cm) Frame: 22 × 30 × 2 in. (55.88 × 76.2 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.1-.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

1970 Barnett Hollander, United Kingdom, England, London.

1973 - 2000 Andrew Ciechanowiecki, United Kingdom, England, London.

2000 - present Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States, California, Los Angeles

Selected Bibliography
  • Huchet de Quénetain, Christophe, and Moana Weil-Curiel. "An Inventory of the Art Collection of Etienne-Nicolas Dutartre de Bourdonné." The Burlington Magazine 162, no.1406 (May 2020): 388-403.