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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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Selene and Endymion
1630 Oil on canvas
122x169cm Institute
of Arts, Detroit
Painting ID:: 10093
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Selene_and_Endymion
1630 Oil on canvas
122x169cm Institute
of Arts, Detroit
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The Empire of Flora
1631 Oil on canvas
131x182cm Dresden
Painting ID:: 10094
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The_Empire_of_Flora
1631 Oil on canvas
131x182cm Dresden
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The Triumph of Flora
1631 Oil on canvas
165 x 241 cmLouvre
Painting ID:: 10095
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The_Triumph_of_Flora
1631 Oil on canvas
165 x 241 cmLouvre
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Bacchanal before a Statue of Pan
1631
Oil on canvas,
100x142,5cm National
Gallery, London
Painting ID:: 10096
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Bacchanal_before_a_Statue_of_Pan
1631
Oil on canvas,
100x142,5cm National
Gallery, London
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Nurture of Bacchus
1630 Oil on canvas
97x136cm Louvre
Painting ID:: 10097
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Nurture_of_Bacchus
1630 Oil on canvas
97x136cm Louvre
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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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