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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 St Matthew and the Angel
c. 1645
Oil on canvas,
99 x 135 cm
Staatliche Museen
Berlin
Painting ID:: 10113
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Landscape_with_St_Matthew_and_the_Angel
c. 1645
Oil on canvas,
99 x 135 cm
Staatliche Museen
Berlin
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Ideal Landscape
1645 Oil on canvas
120 x 187 cm
Museo del
Prado, Madrid
Painting ID:: 10114
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Ideal_Landscape
1645 Oil on canvas
120 x 187 cm
Museo del
Prado, Madrid
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Landscape with Diogenes
1647
Oil on canvas
160x221cmLouvre
Painting ID:: 10115
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Landscape_with_Diogenes
1647
Oil on canvas
160x221cmLouvre
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Landscape with Polyphemus
1648
Oil on canvas
150 x 199 cm
The Hermitage,
St. Petersburg
Painting ID:: 10116
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Landscape_with_Polyphemus
1648
Oil on canvas
150 x 199 cm
The Hermitage,
St. Petersburg
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Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake
1648
Oil on canvas
119,4 x 198,8 cm
National Gallery
London
Painting ID:: 10117
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Landscape_with_a_Man_Killed_by_a_Snake
1648
Oil on canvas
119,4 x 198,8 cm
National Gallery
London
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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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