[2] Virginia probably studied first with Marco Tullio Montagna, an artist from Velletri, and then with Cavalier d'Arpino, Gaspare Celio and Lanfranco.

[4] In 1624, Virginia was inducted as a member of the prestigious painting Accademia di San Luca, a striking accomplishment for a painter of her youth and gender.

[2] In 1626, Marcello Giovannetti, a friend of the couple, published a book of poems, including a sonnet dedicated to a painting of Danae by Virginia.

[10]) She also "augmented the teaching activities of her husband by offering drawing lessons to young ladies of good family, thereby beginning a custom traditionally associated with the Louvre.

)[12]It has been speculated that she may have played a role in her husband's atelier, but aside from the Self-Portrait or Muse attributed to her by Consuelo Lollobrigida, there remains "a lack of evidence for her activity as a painter during her years in the French capital.

[1] In 1992, Vouet specialist William R. Crelly suggested that Vezzi may have painted the Danaë at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin (see Gallery).

But as recently as 2013, art historian Guillaume Kazerouni has disputed the Blanchard attribution and repeated the suggestion that the Blanton Danaë may be by Virginia Vezzi.

[15][16] Another painting, of a woman in a red dress with a blue cloak and a cream shawl (see Gallery), has been attributed to Vezzi by Kazerouni and another art historian, Adeline Collange, who both believe it may be a self-portrait; however, Arnauld and Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée do not believe the painting depicts Virginia Vezzi.