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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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The Assumption of the Virgin
1650
Oil on canvas
57 x 40 cmLouvre
Painting ID:: 10124
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The_Assumption_of_the_Virgin
1650
Oil on canvas
57 x 40 cmLouvre
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The Ecstasy of St Paul
1649-50
Oil on canvas,
148x120 cmLouvre
Painting ID:: 10125
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The_Ecstasy_of_St_Paul
1649-50
Oil on canvas,
148x120 cmLouvre
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Strormy Landscape Pyramus and Thisbe
1651 Oil on canvas
192,5 x 273,5 cm
Stadelsches
Kunstinstitut,Frankfurt
Painting ID:: 10126
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Strormy_Landscape_Pyramus_and_Thisbe
1651 Oil on canvas
192,5 x 273,5 cm
Stadelsches
Kunstinstitut,Frankfurt
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Exposition of Moses
1650 Oil on canvas
105 x 204 cm
Ashmolean Museum
Painting ID:: 10127
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Exposition_of_Moses
1650 Oil on canvas
105 x 204 cm
Ashmolean Museum
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Finding of Moses
1651 Oil on canvas
116 x 178 cm
National Gallery,
London
Painting ID:: 10128
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Finding_of_Moses
1651 Oil on canvas
116 x 178 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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