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Portrait of a man in profile, turned to the left
by Simon Vouet
About the Artwork
Simon Vouet characterized this sitter, likely an advisor to the court of King Louis XIII, with a spontaneous pose and specific facial expression. The man’s distinguishing features are his deeply lined, almond-shaped eyes, and unruly head of hair, whose top has been flattened forward by the hat, which he holds to his side. Vouet introduced a more naturalistic mode of portraiture to France when he returned to Paris in 1627 after fourteen years in Rome. His typically frank presentations dissolved the space between the artist and sitter.
Provenance
1649: Atelier of the artist, Paris, France Count Camille de Tournon-Simiane (1778-1833) by descent to the previous owners, France May 27, 2020: Christie’s, Paris, France September 13, 2021-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649)
- Date
- 1632–34
- Medium
- black and white chalks, red, pink and yellow pastel on light brown paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 27.5 x 20.8 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Sheet: 49.4 x 38.6 cm (19 7/16 x 15 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Accession no.
- 2021.133
More by Simon Vouet in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011347
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