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This page is a list of paintings by Nicolas Poussin (Andelys, 15 June 1594 – Rome, 19 November 1665). The attributions vary notably from one art historian to another. The attributions vary notably from one art historian to another.
Nicolas Poussin (UK: / ˈ p uː s æ̃ /, US: / p uː ˈ s æ̃ /, [1] [2] French: [nikɔla pusɛ̃]; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.
A Dance to the Music of Time is a painting by Nicolas Poussin in the Wallace Collection in London. It was painted between c. 1634 and 1636 as a commission for Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX), who according to Gian Pietro Bellori dictated its detailed iconography. The identity of the figures remains uncertain, with differing accounts.
Nicolas Poussin: Landscape with a man killed by a snake 1648, National Gallery. Winter or The Flood is most commonly referred to by its French title Le Deluge. [11] In this highly original painting Poussin depicts the final stages of the horrific cataclysm of The Flood with restraint. The picture records the moment when the floods are finally ...
Mythological paintings by Nicolas Poussin (16 P) Pages in category "Paintings by Nicolas Poussin" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
Poussin illustrates this myth by representing three characters in an idyllic landscape: in the foreground, Narcissus, lying down; behind him, on the right, Eros, god of love; and on the left, sitting on a rock, Echo. Around the hair of the dead young Narcissus are already blooming flowers to which he gave his name.
A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters: Nicholas Poussin, Claude Lorraine, and Jean Baptist Greuze. Vol. 8. London: Smith and Son. pp. 116–117 (no. 221). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Wright, Christopher (1985). Poussin. Paintings.
The Triumph of Flora (French: Le Triomphe de Flore) is an oil painting by Nicolas Poussin, dated to about 1627 or 1628, which is now in the Louvre in Paris. [ 1 ] The nymph Chloris , honoured by the Greeks; and afterwards by the Romans as Flora , the goddess of flowers and gardens, was a natural subject for Poussin, who was a great admirer of ...