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Nicolas Poussin
French 1594-1665 Nicolas Poussin Galleries
The finest collection of Poussin's paintings, in addition to his drawings, is located in the Louvre in Paris. Besides the pictures in the National Gallery and at Dulwich, England possesses several of his most considerable works: The Triumph of Pan is at Basildon House, near to Pangbourne, (Berkshire), and his great allegorical painting of the Arts at Knowsley. The later version of Tancred and Erminia is at the Barber Institute in Birmingham. At Rome, in the Colonna and Valentini Palaces, are notable works by him, and one of the private apartments of Prince Doria is decorated by a great series of landscapes in distemper.
Throughout his life he stood aloof from the popular movement of his native school. French art in his day was purely decorative, but in Poussin we find a survival of the impulses of the Renaissance coupled with conscious reference to classic work as the standard of excellence. In general we see his paintings at a great disadvantage: for the color, even of the best preserved, has changed in parts, so that the harmony is disturbed; and the noble construction of his designs can be better seen in engravings than in the original. Among the many who have reproduced his works, Audran, Claudine Stella, Picart and Pesne are the most successful.
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Painting ID:: 20477
The Andrians Known as the Great Bacchanal with Woman Playing a Lute (mk05)
Canvas,47 1/2 x 69''(121 x 175 cm).Collection of Louis XIV;acquired from the Duc de Richelieu in 1665
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Painting ID:: 20483
The Rape of the Sabines (mk05)
Canvas,62 1/2 x 81''(159 x 206 cm)Collection of Louis XIV;acquired in 1685
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Painting ID:: 20484
The Shepherds of Arcadia (mk05)
Canvas,33 1/2 x 47 1/2''(85 x 121 cm)Collectin of Louis XIV;acquired in 1685
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Painting ID:: 20522
Orpheus and Eurydice (mk05)
Canvas,49 x 78 1/2''(124 x 200 cm)Collection of Louis XIV;acquired in 1685
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Painting ID:: 20594
Self Portrait (mk05)
1650
Canvas 38 1/2 x 29 1/4''(98 x 74 cm)Painted for Paul Freart de Chantelou Acquired in 1797 INV
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Nicolas Poussin
French 1594-1665 Nicolas Poussin Galleries
The finest collection of Poussin's paintings, in addition to his drawings, is located in the Louvre in Paris. Besides the pictures in the National Gallery and at Dulwich, England possesses several of his most considerable works: The Triumph of Pan is at Basildon House, near to Pangbourne, (Berkshire), and his great allegorical painting of the Arts at Knowsley. The later version of Tancred and Erminia is at the Barber Institute in Birmingham. At Rome, in the Colonna and Valentini Palaces, are notable works by him, and one of the private apartments of Prince Doria is decorated by a great series of landscapes in distemper.
Throughout his life he stood aloof from the popular movement of his native school. French art in his day was purely decorative, but in Poussin we find a survival of the impulses of the Renaissance coupled with conscious reference to classic work as the standard of excellence. In general we see his paintings at a great disadvantage: for the color, even of the best preserved, has changed in parts, so that the harmony is disturbed; and the noble construction of his designs can be better seen in engravings than in the original. Among the many who have reproduced his works, Audran, Claudine Stella, Picart and Pesne are the most successful.
. Related Artists to Nicolas Poussin: | Joanna Mary Boyce | Emile Pinchart | Juan Luna | Benjamin West Clinedinst | James Walter Robert Linton |
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