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Simon Vouet and the high altar of the Chapel Royal at Saint-Germain-en-Laye

04/2015 | 1345 | 157

Pages: 236-240

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Author:

Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld (Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld; Lavergnée, Arnauld Brejon de; Brejon, Arnauld; Lavergnee, Arnaud Brejon de)

Subjects

artists:

Poussin, Nicolas / Vouet, Aubin / Vouet, Simon / Sarazin, Jacques

buildings:

Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

dates:

1630-1639 / 1640-1649

patrons:

Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643

subjects:

Commissions / French painting / Altarpieces / Lost works / Reconstructions

subjects:

Chapels

Illustrations

Attributed works:

2. Allegory of the Divine Word, here attributed to Aubin Vouet (Property of the Monuments Historiques; on deposit at Saint-Denis, Paris)

Attributed works:

3. Reconstruction of the altarpiece in the chapel of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Above: Aubin Vouet's Allegory of the Divine Word. Below: Institution of the Eucharist, by Nicolas Poussin (Musée du Louvre. Paris)

Attributed works:

4. Proposed reconstruction of the altarpiece in the chapel of Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Above: Aubin Vouet's Allegory of the Divine Word. Below: The four Doctors of the Church, by an anonymous French artist after a painting by Simon Vouet (Musée du Louvre, Paris, Cabinet des arts graphiques)

Western art unattributed:

1. The Chapel Royal, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Western art unattributed:

5. Interior of the Chapel Royal, Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Lithograph from l'Illustration, 27th January 1844

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