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Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin

French, 1594-1665
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Nicolas Poussin was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors. He returned to Paris for a brief period to serve as First Painter to the King under Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, but soon returned to Rome and resumed his more traditional themes. In his later years he gave growing prominence to the landscapes in his pictures. His work is characterized by clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. Until the 20th century he remained a major inspiration for such classically-oriented artists as Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Paul Cézanne.

Details of Poussin's artistic training are somewhat obscure. Around 1612 he traveled to Paris, where he studied under minor masters and completed his earliest surviving works. His enthusiasm for the Italian works he saw in the royal collections in Paris motivated him to travel to Rome in 1624, where he studied the works of Renaissance and Baroque painters—especially Raphael, who had a powerful influence on his style. He befriended a number of artists who shared his classicizing tendencies, and met important patrons, such as Cardinal Francesco Barberini and the antiquarian Cassiano dal Pozzo. The commissions Poussin received for modestly scaled paintings of religious, mythological, and historical subjects allowed him to develop his individual style in works such as The Death of Germanicus, The Massacre of the Innocents, and the first of his two series of the Seven Sacraments.

He was persuaded to return to France in 1640 to be First Painter to the King but, dissatisfied with the overwhelming workload and the court intrigues, returned permanently to Rome after a little more than a year. Among the important works from his later years are Orion Blinded Searching for the Sun, Landscape with Hercules and Cacus, and The Seasons.

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Apollo and Daphne

Apollo and Daphne (c.1627)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
The Healing of the Two Blind Men at Jericho

The Healing of the Two Blind Men at Jericho (1600 – 1699)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Landscape with a Calm

Landscape with a Calm

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Landscape
Paysage avec deux nymphes et un serpent

Paysage avec deux nymphes et un serpent

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Landscape
Nymphs and a Satyr (Amor Vincit Omnia)

Nymphs and a Satyr (Amor Vincit Omnia) (c. 1625-1627)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
The Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ (1641-1642)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
A Dance to the Music of Time

A Dance to the Music of Time (c.1634 - c.1636)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
The Death of Germanicus

The Death of Germanicus (1627)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Figurative
The Holy Family

The Holy Family (1641)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man (1655)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Die Heilige Familie mit dem Johannesknaben

Die Heilige Familie mit dem Johannesknaben (ca 1628-1629)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan

Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan (about 1630s)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion

Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Landscape
Birth of Christ

Birth of Christ (ca 1657)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Annunciation

Annunciation (ca 1657)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Adoration of the Shepherds

Adoration of the Shepherds (1650-1657)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Le Massacre des Innocents

Le Massacre des Innocents (1626-1627)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Paysage avec la femme qui se lave les pieds

Paysage avec la femme qui se lave les pieds (1650)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Figurative
L’enfance de Bacchus

L’enfance de Bacchus (ca 1630)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
Paysage avec deux nymphes et un serpent

Paysage avec deux nymphes et un serpent (ca 1659)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Landscape
Le massacre des Innocents

Le massacre des Innocents (1625-1626)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis (c. 1628–29)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
Mars and Venus

Mars and Venus (circa 1630)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
Pan and Syrinx

Pan and Syrinx (1637)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
The Empire of Flora

The Empire of Flora (1631)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mythology
The Testament Of Eudamidas

The Testament Of Eudamidas (1644 – 1648)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Figurative
The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds (ca. 1653)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
The Assumption of the Virgin

The Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1630-1632)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
The Holy Family on the Steps

The Holy Family on the Steps (1648)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Religion
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