Tapestries

Simon Vouet worked for the King on numerous projects. He executed cartoons (untraced) for an Old Testament series of tapestries that remain in the Louvre, rich compositions, in which he deployed large numbers of figures in vast landscapes or architectural decors. The tapestries were highly coloured and had unusual wide, handsome borders embellished with fruits, flowers and putti.

For the hôtel of Claude de Bullion, a French administrator and patron, Vouet painted 24 scenes from the Story of Ulysses for the upper gallery. Only eight scenes from the set are known from tapestries (Cheverny, Château).

A set of 10 tapestries telling the story of Rinaldo and Armida was made in paris after Vouet's design.