Virginia Vezzi

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, oil on canvas, between 1624 and 1626, in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

Virginia Vezzi, sometimes given as Virginia da Vezzo (1601–1638) was an Italian painter.

Daughter of the painter Pompeo Vezzi, Virginia Vezzi was born in Velletri. Around 1610 the family moved to Rome, where she began the study of art, likely under her father. She married the painter Simon Vouet in 1626 and traveled with him back to France, dying in Paris.[1] She painted history paintings and miniatures, and worked in pastel as well during her career.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 22 febbraio 2015. "Quando il matrimonio è d'arte. Simon Vouet, Virginia da Vezzo e la sua 'Giuditta con la testa di Oloferne'". Storiedellarte.Com. Retrieved 2017-09-12.
  2. ↑ Profile at the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
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