Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin (June 1594–November 19, 1665) was a French painter.

Works

The finest collection of Poussin's paintings as well as of his drawings is possessed by the Louvre; but, 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. 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.

Related Topics:
England - Basildon House - Pangbourne - Berkshire - Knowsley - Colonna - Valentini Palace - Prince Doria - Landscape

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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 keeping is disturbed; and the noble construction of his designs can be better seen in engravings than in the original. Amongst the many who have reproduced his works Audran, Claudine Stella, Picart and Pesne are the most successful.

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Poussin was a prolific artist, some of his many works are:

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• Some of the paintings by Poussin at the Louvre, Paris:
• Plague at Ashdod
• The Judgment of Solomon (1649)
• The Blind Men of Jericho (1650)
• The Adulteress (1653)
• Arcadian Shepherd
• A few of Poussin?s other paintings:
• Adoration of the Golden Calf (National Gallery, London);
• Holy Family on the Steps (National Gallery, Washington, D.C.);
• Cacus (St. Petersburg);
• The Testament of Eudamidas (Copenhagen);
• The Destruction of Jerusalem (1637);
• Hebrews Gathering Manna (1639);
• Moses Rescued from the Waters (1647);
• Eliezer and Rebecca (1648);
• Seven Sacraments (double series - the first series is in the Bridgewater Gallery, London and the second is in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh).
• A Dance to the Music of Time (1639-40), (Wallace Collection, London)