Simon Vouet

FRAME|WORK: The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist by Simon Vouet

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on September 14, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an exquisite portrait of the holy family painted by a Frenchman in Italy. Simon Vouet's The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist is currently on view at the Legion of Honor.

Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649). The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, 1626. Oil on panel, transferred to composition board. Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection. 1974.8

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