Simon #Vouet (1590-1649)
Portrait of #AnneofAustria (1601-66), Queen of France, who was #BornOnThisDay, as #Minerva
ca. 1640s
Hermitage
#Habsburg #Bourbon

A French landscape painter in Rome: Poussin It took him 3 attempts to get to Rome, where he fell ill with syphilis. His patron helped him become well-read and erudite, and that led him to paint sublime pure landscapes.

Changing Paintings: 62 Aeneas flees Troy Aeneas and his family flee the burning city of Troy, losing his wife on the way. They sail to Delos, where they see the trees that Latona gripped when giving birth to Apollo and Diana.