Portrait of Nicolas Poussin

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1594-1665

French Baroque Painter

Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) can be defined as the most typical representative of French classicism of the 17th century. His work is sometimes complex, invariably bearing the imprint of erudition and enlightenment. The Louvre has thirty-eight paintings (or a quarter of his works known today) that allow one to trace the various stages of his career. Poussin was from Normandy, worked in Paris, and only in 1624 finally realized his cherished dream by settling in Rome. His entire career as a painter unfolded there, with only a two-year interruption (1640-1642), when Louis XIII summoned him to himself in Paris.

In Italy, as soon as he arrived, he was assisted and patronized by educated and learned connoisseurs, who became his best clients. Among them was the collector Cassiano dal Pozzo, for whom he created the "Seven Sacraments" series. Their interest in antiquity led him to devote himself to cavallet painting. The artist draws his subjects from ancient history and mythology, selects noble or dramatic subjects and builds perfectly balanced, increasingly static compositions. These are the very works that brought him European fame. Simple allegories, such as "The Inspiration of the Poet" (1630), established his reputation as a 'philosopher painter'; others, such as "The Arcadian Shepherds" (1638-1640), express the fragility of human happiness. Between 1644 and 1648 Poussin painted for the Parisian collector Chantelou a new series, "The Seven Sacraments", whose monumental mise-en-scenes and dignified figures reveal his artistic and intellectual ideal. During the last 20 years of his life, he devoted particular attention to landscape. In "Landscape with Diogenes", sumptuous nature bestows bliss on man. The Seasons cycle is a synthesis between the beauty of nature and biblical narrative, with each of the seasons symbolizing a stage in man's destiny.

140 Nicolas Poussin Artworks

Apollo and Daphne, c.1627 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Apollo and Daphne c.1627

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.97
SKU: 16799-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:97.2 x 131 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

The Testament of Eudamidas, c.1644/48 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Testament of Eudamidas c.1644/48

Giclée Canvas Print
$59.23
SKU: 15725-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:110.5 x 138.5 cm
National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Theseus Finds the Sword of His Father, c.1638 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15724-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:98 x 134 cm
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

Numa Pompilius and the Nymph Egeria, c.1631/33 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15723-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:75 x 100 cm
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem, c.1625/26 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15722-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:unknown
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt, c.1628/38 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15721-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:117.8 x 99.4 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c.1628/30 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15720-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:57 x 74 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15719-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:100.3 x 136.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Landscape with Two Nymphs and a Snake, c.1659 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15718-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118 x 179 cm
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

The Triumph of David, c.1628/31 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Triumph of David c.1628/31

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.74
SKU: 15717-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118.4 x 148.3 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Continence of Scipio, 1640 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Continence of Scipio 1640

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.70
SKU: 15716-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:114.5 x 163.5 cm
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

The Massacre of the Innocents, c.1625/26 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Massacre of the Innocents c.1625/26

Giclée Canvas Print
$64.45
SKU: 15715-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118 x 179 cm
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

The Triumph of Bacchus, c.1635/36 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Triumph of Bacchus c.1635/36

Giclée Canvas Print
$63.62
SKU: 15714-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:128 x 151 cm
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA

Mars and Venus, c.1630 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Mars and Venus c.1630

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.70
SKU: 15713-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:155 x 213.7 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

A Roman Road (Landscape with Travelers Resting), 1648 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15691-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:79 x 99.7 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Venus and Adonis, c.1628/29 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Venus and Adonis c.1628/29

Giclée Canvas Print
$54.83
SKU: 15690-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:98.5 x 134.6 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, USA

Mars and Venus, c.1633/34 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Mars and Venus c.1633/34

Giclée Canvas Print
$62.66
SKU: 15689-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:157.5 x 189.8 cm
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

The Childhood of Bacchus, c.1630 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Childhood of Bacchus c.1630

Giclée Canvas Print
$60.05
SKU: 15688-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:135 x 168 cm
Musee Conde, Chantilly, France

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth, c.1650/51 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15687-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:100 x 132.4 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

The Infant Bacchus Entrusted to the Nymphs of Nysa, 1657 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15686-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:122.6 x 180.5 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

The Triumph of Silenus, c.1637 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Triumph of Silenus c.1637

Giclée Canvas Print
$64.72
SKU: 15685-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:143 x 120.5 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Cephalus and Aurora, c.1630 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Cephalus and Aurora c.1630

Giclée Canvas Print
$55.93
SKU: 15684-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:97 x 131.3 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake, c.1648 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15683-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118.2 x 197.8 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Landscape with a Man Scooping Water from a Stream, c.1637 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15682-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:63 x 77.7 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

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