# Portrait of a Young Woman with Pearl Earrings

- By: Simon Vouet (French, 1590-1649)
- Date: 1632/35
- Medium: Black chalk and pastel, heightened with white chalk, on light brown laid paper, laid down on an eighteenth-century mount with framing lines
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 27.7 × 21 cm (10 15/16 × 8 5/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Regenstein Endowment Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/209865)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/29bf1557-c485-94af-a50b-9baaf6bb945e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In 1627 King Louis XIII called Vouet back from Italy with important painting and tapestry-design commissions. This work is one of a group of about 30 recently discovered small-format pastel portraits of the royal entourage made for the king’s amusement.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0