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Woman Playing a Guitar by Simon Vouet

Woman Playing a Guitar

Woman Playing a Guitar

The Met

Artist: Simon Vouet(French, Paris 1590–1649 Paris)

Date: ca. 1618

Department: European Paintings

Classification: Paintings

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 42 × 29 7/8 in. (106.5 × 75.8 cm)

Credit Line: Purchase, 2017 Benefit Fund; Lila Acheson Wallace Gift; Mary Trumbull Adams and Victor Wilbour Memorial Funds; Friends of European Paintings and Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Inc. Gifts; Gift of Julia A. Berwind, by exchange; Charles and Jessie Price, Otto Naumann, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Chilton Jr., and Sally and Howard Lepow Gifts; Charles B. Curtis Fund; and Theodocia and Joseph Arkus Gift, 2017

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Brief Description

A woman with dark curly hair plays a stringed instrument, brightly lit against a dark background

Detailed Description

A half-length depiction shows a woman playing a stringed instrument, positioned slightly to the right of the center against a dark background. Her head is turned to her left, and her gaze is directed slightly upward and to her left. She has fair skin, dark eyes, and dark, curly hair that frames her face. Her lips are full and a light red color. She wears a draped garment of muted olive-green or brown fabric that falls off her right shoulder, revealing her upper chest. A white cuff is visible on her right wrist. Below her, a swath of deep red fabric is draped across her lap. She holds a light-colored wooden stringed instrument, resembling a lute or guitar, with both hands. Her left hand is positioned on the neck of the instrument, while her right hand rests near the circular soundhole. The instrument has multiple strings and tuning pegs visible at the top. Strong light originating from the upper left illuminates her face, chest, and the instrument, creating dramatic contrasts with the deep shadows on the right side of her face and body, and the entirely dark background.

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