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

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

Venus and Adonis c.1628/29

Giclée Canvas Print
$55.91
SKU: 15690-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:98.5 x 134.6 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, USA

The Triumph of Pan, 1636 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Triumph of Pan 1636

Giclée Canvas Print
$71.18
SKU: 15672-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:136 x 146 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Autumn (The Bunch of Grapes Taken from the Promised Land), c.1660/64 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15582-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118 x 160 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Landscape with Buildings, c.1648/51 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Landscape with Buildings c.1648/51

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.85
SKU: 15622-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:120 x 187 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

A Bacchanalian Revel before a Term, c.1632/33 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15674-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:98 x 142.8 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

The Shepherds of Arcadia (Et In Arcadia Ego), c.1638/40 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 3274-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:85 x 121 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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

Saint Francis Xavier Resurrecting the Son of an Inhabitant of Cangoxima in Japan, 1641 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15664-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:444 x 234 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Reclining Venus with Cupid, n.d. by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Reclining Venus with Cupid n.d.

Giclée Canvas Print
$56.33
SKU: 15571-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:71 x 96 cm
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

The Funeral of Phocion, 1637 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Funeral of Phocion 1637

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.85
SKU: 15659-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:unknown
Public Collection

Discovery of Achilles on Skyros, c.1649/50 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15666-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:97.5 x 131 cm
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, USA

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, c.1627 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15632-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:76.2 x 63.5 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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 Empire of Flora, c.1630/31 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Empire of Flora c.1630/31

Giclée Canvas Print
$56.47
SKU: 15569-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:131 x 181 cm
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

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

Cephalus and Aurora c.1630

Giclée Canvas Print
$57.03
SKU: 15684-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:97 x 131.3 cm
National Gallery, London, United Kingdom

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

Landscape with a Calm, c.1650/51 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Landscape with a Calm c.1650/51

Giclée Canvas Print
$57.17
SKU: 15650-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:97 x 131 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA

The Holy Family on the Steps, 1648 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

The Holy Family on the Steps 1648

Giclée Canvas Print
$52.12
SKU: 3275-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:73.3 x 105.8 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

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

The Abduction of the Sabine Women, c.1633/34 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15630-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:154.6 x 210 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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

The Arcadian Shepherds (Et in Arcadia Ego), c.1630 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
SKU: 15602-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:101 x 82 cm
Public Collection

Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well, 1648 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print

Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well 1648

Giclée Canvas Print
$50.85
SKU: 8208-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118 x 199 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, 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

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