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

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Dance to the Music of Time, c.1634/36 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$58.81
SKU: 3273-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:82.5 x 104 cm
The Wallace Collection, London, UK

Spring (The Garden of Eden), c.1660/64 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$55.50
SKU: 15580-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118 x 160 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Nurture of Jupiter, c.1636/37 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.59
SKU: 15590-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:96.2 x 119.6 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK

Venus Weeping over Adonis, c.1625 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$49.98
SKU: 15595-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:57 x 128 cm
Musee des Beaux Arts, Caen, France

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth, c.1650/51 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$57.02
SKU: 15687-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:100 x 132.4 cm
Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA

The Testament of Eudamidas, c.1644/48 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$59.36
SKU: 15725-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:110.5 x 138.5 cm
National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Virgin Appears to Saint James the Elder, c.1629/30 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$60.73
SKU: 15613-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:301 x 242 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Selene and Endymion, c.1630 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$54.12
SKU: 15588-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:122 x 169 cm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, USA

Victory of Joshua over the Amalekites, c.1625/26 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$54.54
SKU: 15601-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:97.5 x 134 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Landscape with Polyphemus, 1649 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$56.19
SKU: 15669-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:155 x 199 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Bacchanal, c.1625/26 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$54.40
SKU: 15621-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:122 x 169 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Saving of the Infant Pyrrhus, 1634 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$53.71
SKU: 15611-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:116 x 160 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

A Bacchic Scene, c.1630/31 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$61.28
SKU: 15619-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:74 x 60 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

Parnassus, c.1630/31 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$56.05
SKU: 15624-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:145 x 197 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

The Triumph of David, c.1628/31 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$60.88
SKU: 15717-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:118.4 x 148.3 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK

Inspiration of the Poet, c.1627/29 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$63.76
SKU: 7995-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:182.5 x 213 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Orpheus and Eurydice, c.1659 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$49.98
SKU: 15587-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:124 x 200 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Extreme Unction, c.1638/40 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$59.36
SKU: 15612-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:95.2 x 120.6 cm
Public Collection

Venus Arming Aeneas, 1639 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$55.22
SKU: 15657-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:106 x 146 cm
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France

Concert of Cupids, c.1626/27 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$62.66
SKU: 15660-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:57 x 51 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Esther before Ahasuerus, c.1655/60 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$57.71
SKU: 15667-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:155 x 199 cm
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Adoration of the Magi, 1633 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
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$67.07
SKU: 15600-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:160 x 182 cm
Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany

Bacchanalian Scene, c.1627/28 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$52.89
SKU: 15574-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:121 x 175 cm
Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Landscape with Ruins, c.1634 by Nicolas Poussin | Canvas Print
Giclée Canvas Print
$55.92
SKU: 15623-PON
Nicolas Poussin
Original Size:72 x 98 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain

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