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Lot Essay
Related to the figure under the column on the left of the tapestry La Fille de Jepht, part of a set of six representing subjects from the Old Testament, commissioned by King Louis XIII for the Louvre, D. Lavalle in, Vouet, exhib. cat., Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, 1990, no. 143. The tapestries were woven by the 'haute lisse' workshops at the Louvre. Only two of the orginal set are extant, but numerous copies were woven by other workshops.
These designs were amongst the first commissions Vouet received upon his return from Italy in 1627. Andr Flibien in his Septime Entretien on Simon Vouet, published in 1685 mentions that 'Il commena faire pour Sa Majest des dessins de Tapisserie qu'il faisoit excuter, tant l'huile qu' la dtrempe', B. Brejon de Lavergne, Dessins de Simon Vouet, Paris, 1987, p. 61.
Barbara Brjon de Lavergne records four drawings related to La Fille de Jepht, all of which are, similarly to the present drawing, are in the same direction as the final composition, B. Brejon de Lavergne, op. cit., nos. 35-6 and XXII-III.
These designs were amongst the first commissions Vouet received upon his return from Italy in 1627. Andr Flibien in his Septime Entretien on Simon Vouet, published in 1685 mentions that 'Il commena faire pour Sa Majest des dessins de Tapisserie qu'il faisoit excuter, tant l'huile qu' la dtrempe', B. Brejon de Lavergne, Dessins de Simon Vouet, Paris, 1987, p. 61.
Barbara Brjon de Lavergne records four drawings related to La Fille de Jepht, all of which are, similarly to the present drawing, are in the same direction as the final composition, B. Brejon de Lavergne, op. cit., nos. 35-6 and XXII-III.