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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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A Bacchanalian Revel Befroe a Term of Pan
mk170
1630-1634
Oil on canvas
99.7x142.9cm
Painting ID:: 43224
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A_Bacchanalian_Revel_Befroe_a_Term_of_Pan
mk170
1630-1634
Oil on canvas
99.7x142.9cm
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The Adoration of the Golden Calf
mk170
1634-1635
Oil on canvas laid down on board
154.3x214cm
Painting ID:: 43225
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The_Adoration_of_the_Golden_Calf
mk170
1634-1635
Oil on canvas laid down on board
154.3x214cm
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The Finding of Moses
mk170
1651
Oil on canvas
116x177.5cm
Painting ID:: 43226
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The_Finding_of_Moses
mk170
1651
Oil on canvas
116x177.5cm
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Landscape with a Man Washing His Feet at a Fountain
mk170
circa 1648
Oil on canvas
74.3x100.3cm
Painting ID:: 43227
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Landscape_with_a_Man_Washing_His_Feet_at_a_Fountain
mk170
circa 1648
Oil on canvas
74.3x100.3cm
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The hl, Famile in Agypten
m k186
around 1655-57 St. Peter castle, Eremitage
Painting ID:: 45615
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The_hl,_Famile_in_Agypten
m k186
around 1655-57 St. Peter castle, Eremitage
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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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