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Virginia da Vezzo
Virginia da Vezzo

Virginia da Vezzo

Primary (Abbeville, France, 1598–Paris, France, 1688)
NationalityFrench, Europe
Date1626
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 6 3/4 × 5 13/16 in. (17.2 × 14.8 cm)
Additional Dimension: 4 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (11.8 × 8.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Isidore Simkowitz in memory of Amy Cecelia Simkowitz-Rogers, 1998.330
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number1998.330
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Label Text
The Da Vezzo family lived in Rome near the house that Mellan and the painter Simon Vouet, among other French artists, kept in Rome. Virginia became Vouet's pupil and, in the year of this portrait, his first wife.
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