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: Marandel, J. Patrice. French Oil Sketches from an English Collection, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries 1973-1975. Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1975.
Walch, Peter, , Joanna R. Barnes, J. Patrice Marandel. French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition. New York : American Federation of Arts in association with the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.
Marandel, J. Patrice. French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century. Los Angeles: The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
Schleier, Erich. "Two New Modelli for Vouet's St. Peter's Altarpiece." The Burlington Magazine 114 (827): 91-92 (February 1972)
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.

Simon Vouet
Model for Altarpiece in St. Peter's1625

Not on view

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: Marandel, J. Patrice. French Oil Sketches from an English Collection, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries 1973-1975. Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1975.
Walch, Peter, , Joanna R. Barnes, J. Patrice Marandel. French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition. New York : American Federation of Arts in association with the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.
Marandel, J. Patrice. French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century. Los Angeles: The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
Schleier, Erich. "Two New Modelli for Vouet's St. Peter's Altarpiece." The Burlington Magazine 114 (827): 91-92 (February 1972)
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.