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Nicolas Poussin
French 1594-1665 Nicolas Poussin Galleries
The finest collection of Poussin's paintings, in addition to his drawings, is located in the Louvre in Paris. Besides the pictures in the National Gallery and at Dulwich, England possesses several of his most considerable works: The Triumph of Pan is at Basildon House, near to Pangbourne, (Berkshire), and his great allegorical painting of the Arts at Knowsley. The later version of Tancred and Erminia is at the Barber Institute in Birmingham. At Rome, in the Colonna and Valentini Palaces, are notable works by him, and one of the private apartments of Prince Doria is decorated by a great series of landscapes in distemper.
Throughout his life he stood aloof from the popular movement of his native school. French art in his day was purely decorative, but in Poussin we find a survival of the impulses of the Renaissance coupled with conscious reference to classic work as the standard of excellence. In general we see his paintings at a great disadvantage: for the color, even of the best preserved, has changed in parts, so that the harmony is disturbed; and the noble construction of his designs can be better seen in engravings than in the original. Among the many who have reproduced his works, Audran, Claudine Stella, Picart and Pesne are the most successful.
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Landscape with Orpheus and Euridice
1648 Oil on canvas
124 x 200 cmLouvre
Painting ID:: 10118
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Landscape_with_Orpheus_and_Euridice
1648 Oil on canvas
124 x 200 cmLouvre
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Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion
1648 Oil on canvas
114 x 175 cm
National Museum
of Wales
Painting ID:: 10119
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Landscape_with_the_Funeral_of_Phocion
1648 Oil on canvas
114 x 175 cm
National Museum
of Wales
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Landscape with Gathering of the Ashes of Phocion by his Widow
1648
Oil on canvas,
116 x 176 cmWalker
Art Gallery, Liverpool
Painting ID:: 10120
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Landscape_with_Gathering_of_the_Ashes_of_Phocion_by_his_Widow
1648
Oil on canvas,
116 x 176 cmWalker
Art Gallery, Liverpool
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A Roman Road 1648 Oil on canvas
78 x 99 cm
Dulwich Picture
Gallery, London
Painting ID:: 10121
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A_Roman_Road_1648_Oil_on_canvas
78 x 99 cm
Dulwich Picture
Gallery, London
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Judgment of Solomon
1649Oil on canvas,
101 x 150 cmLouvre
Painting ID:: 10123
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Judgment_of_Solomon
1649Oil on canvas,
101 x 150 cmLouvre
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Nicolas_Poussin
French 1594-1665 Nicolas Poussin Galleries
The finest collection of Poussin's paintings, in addition to his drawings, is located in the Louvre in Paris. Besides the pictures in the National Gallery and at Dulwich, England possesses several of his most considerable works: The Triumph of Pan is at Basildon House, near to Pangbourne, (Berkshire), and his great allegorical painting of the Arts at Knowsley. The later version of Tancred and Erminia is at the Barber Institute in Birmingham. At Rome, in the Colonna and Valentini Palaces, are notable works by him, and one of the private apartments of Prince Doria is decorated by a great series of landscapes in distemper.
Throughout his life he stood aloof from the popular movement of his native school. French art in his day was purely decorative, but in Poussin we find a survival of the impulses of the Renaissance coupled with conscious reference to classic work as the standard of excellence. In general we see his paintings at a great disadvantage: for the color, even of the best preserved, has changed in parts, so that the harmony is disturbed; and the noble construction of his designs can be better seen in engravings than in the original. Among the many who have reproduced his works, Audran, Claudine Stella, Picart and Pesne are the most successful.
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