Caption:
Simon Vouet, French historical painter, 1590-1649. Studied and rose to prominence in Rome, Italy, before being hired by King Louis XIII as Premier peintre du Roi in France. Simone Vouet, Pittore. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Antonio Pazzi after Giovanni Domenico Campiglia after a self portrait by the artist from Francesco Moucke's Museo Florentino (Museum Florentinum), Serie di Ritratti de Pittori (Series of Portraits of Painters) stamperia Mouckiana, Florence, 1752-62.