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Nicolas Poussin - The Marriage of Acis and Galatea

The Marriage of Acis and Galatea (c.1627)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
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Nicolas Poussin

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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L’enfance de Bacchus

L’enfance de Bacchus (ca 1630)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Moses verteidigt die Töchter des Jethro am Brunnen

Moses verteidigt die Töchter des Jethro am Brunnen (ca 1645)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Apollo and Daphne

Apollo and Daphne (c.1627)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Studies of Details from Trajan’s Column

Studies of Details from Trajan’s Column (ca. 1635)

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

Paysage avec deux nymphes et un serpent

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

The Death of Germanicus (1627)

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

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

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

The Death of Hippolytus (1600)

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

Venus and Adonis (c. 1628–29)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Landscape with Saint John on Patmos

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos (1640)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Mountain Landscape

Mountain Landscape (ca. 1635–40)

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

Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion

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

The Testament Of Eudamidas (1644 – 1648)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe (1651)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
Blind Orion Searching For The Rising Sun

Blind Orion Searching For The Rising Sun (1658)

Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)
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