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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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Destruction of the temple of Ferusalem by Titus
mk150
1638
148x199cm
Painting ID:: 39725
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Destruction_of_the_temple_of_Ferusalem_by_Titus
mk150
1638
148x199cm
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The Abduction of the Sabine Women
mk156
1633-34
Oil on canvas
154.6x209.9cm
Painting ID:: 40442
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The_Abduction_of_the_Sabine_Women
mk156
1633-34
Oil on canvas
154.6x209.9cm
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Et in Arcadia Ego
mk156
1638-39
Oil on canvas
85x121cm
Painting ID:: 40452
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Et_in_Arcadia_Ego
mk156
1638-39
Oil on canvas
85x121cm
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Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion
mk156
1648
Oil on canvas
114x115cm
Painting ID:: 40469
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Landscape_with_the_Funeral_of_Phocion
mk156
1648
Oil on canvas
114x115cm
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The Holy Family in Egypt
mk156
1655-57
Oil on canvas
105x145cm
Painting ID:: 40493
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The_Holy_Family_in_Egypt
mk156
1655-57
Oil on canvas
105x145cm
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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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