Nicolas Poussin is read about 513 times a day, in 80 languages.
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Something wrong?He painted gods and martyrs for a handful of collectors in Rome, then fled a royal appointment in Paris after a year because he couldn't stand the court. Line, logic, order - and by the end, landscapes that swallowed the figures.
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Bowyer Bible Luke The Last Supper Luke 22 14 after Poussin
Bowyer Bible print 3732 Peter receives the keys Matthew 16 18-19 after Poussin
Bowyer Bible print 4262 Christ expels an unclean spirit Mark 1 23-26 after Poussin
Luke in the Bowyer Bible Christ is anointed by a sinful woman Luke 7 37-38 after Poussin
Portret van Nicolas Poussin, RP-P-1907-734
The Hand of Poussin, after Ingres MET 1987.326
The Hand of Poussin, after Ingres MET DP808128In their own words 8
, One sees a kind of procession of Egyptian priests, whose heads are shaven and crowned with leaves; they wear the dress of the land.
You do not need to trouble yourself to send me the other portions of your poem; one can judge the lion by his claws.
I never feel myself so stimulated to be painstaking as after I have seen a beautiful object.
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About this person
Poussin left France for Rome in 1624, chasing the Renaissance masters he'd glimpsed in royal collections, and Raphael's influence locked in. He built a reputation on tightly composed religious and mythological scenes for patrons like Cardinal Barberini, working at modest scale with clarity over flourish. Louis XIII and Richelieu pulled him back to Paris in 1640 as First Painter to the King, but the workload and intrigue sent him back to Rome within a year. He never left again. In his later years the landscape pushed forward - Orion stumbling blind toward the sun, Hercules tangled in wilderness, The Seasons - while his devotion to structure and line made him a north star for David, Ingres, and Cézanne long after his death in 1665.
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