Artist: Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665)
Nationality: French
Movement: Classicism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Nicolas Poussin settled and studied in Paris beginning in 1612, where he examined the work Raphael and the Italian Renaissance. After a year-long tour of Italy, Poussin settled in Rome in 1624, producing work for Cardinal Barberini. Although Baroque was gaining popularity, Poussin stuck to Classicism and used Greek and Roman mythology as his primary subjects. Later in life, he abandoned his large, crowded scenes for landscapes.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Jacques Lubin, Nicolas Poussin, 1696
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Nicolas Poussin, Bacchanale Before a Temple, 16th - 17th century
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Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan
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Nicolas Poussin, The Holy Family with Ten Figures, circa 1650
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Triumph: Neptune & Amphitrite
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Etienne Frederic Lignon, Portrait of Nicolas Poussin, 18th - 19th century
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Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, 1624 Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)Oil on canvas;
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Votary of Bacchus
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The Crossing of the Red Sea
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A Path Leading into a Forest Clearing
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1627 Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)Oil on canvas;
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Francesco Bartolozzi, The Child Moses Trampling on Pharaoh"s Crown, after drawing by Nicolas Poussin, circa 1765
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Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658 Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)Oil on canvas; 46
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Nicolas Poussin, (Self) Portrait of Poussin, first plate in the book, Recueil d*estampes, sujets d*histoire, paysages, scËnes familiËres et morceaux d*Ètude (Paris: no publisher, no date, but ca. 1779), 16th - 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Orpheus and Eurydice Style of Nicolas Poussin (French, third quarter 17th century)Oil on canvas; 47
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The Companions of Rinaldo Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)Oil on canvas; 46 1/2 x 40 1/4
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Ancient Statue; Monsters
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The Holy Family
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Two Girls Accompanied by Cupid
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Nicolas Poussin, Recueil d*estampes, sujets d*histoire, paysages, scËnes familiËres et morceaux d*Ètude (Paris: no publisher, no date, but ca. 1779), 16th - 17th century
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Artist: Nicolas Poussin Title: The Death of Germanicus Date: 1627 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, 1655 Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)Oil on canvas;
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Bacchanal, ca. 1635-6 Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594-1665 Rome)FrenchPen and brown ink, brush and
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The Abduction of the Sabine Women, probably 1633-34 Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)Oil on canvas; 60
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Nicolas Poussin, Herclue Vainqueur De Cacus ...nineteenth plate in the book..[Titles in Russian and French]....Imperatorskaya Ermitazhnaya Galereya ä GalÈrie ImpÈriale de l"Ermitage (Saint Petersburg: Gohier Desfontaines, 1847), 16th - 17th century
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Nicolas Poussin - Achilles on Skyros 1656 oil on canvas Virginia Museum of Fine Arts French
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Nicolas Poussin - The Baptism of Christ 1641-1642 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Nicolas Poussin - The Death of Germanicus 1627 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Nicolas Poussin - Eliezer and Rebecca 1650-1655 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Nicolas Poussin - Rebecca and Eliezer at the well after 1648 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum French
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Nicolas Poussin - The Assumption of the Virgin c. 1626 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Nicolas Poussin - The Holy Family 1641 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Nicolas Poussin - Venus and Adonis c. 1628-29 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum French
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Nicolas Poussin - The Birth of Venus 1635-36 oil on canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art French
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Nicolas Poussin - Selene and Endymion c. 1630 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Nicolas Poussin - Camillus and the Schoolmaster of Falerii c. 1635-40 Oil on Canvas Norton Simon Museum French
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Nicolas Poussin - The Feeding of the Child Jupiter c. 1640 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Nicolas POussin - The Holy Family on the Steps 1648 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Angelo Caroselli - The Plague of Ashdod (after Poussin) 1631 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Apollo and the Muses on Mount Parnassus

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (11)
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National Gallery of Australia: Drawn to Painting: Leon Kossoff drawings and prints after Nicolas Poussin
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Leon Kossof,
The Rape of the Sabines No.2 1995/97, (Detail)
Collection of the artist Leon Kossof ...
Frick Art and Historical Center: Masterworks from the Albertina: Renaissance to Rococo
In all, some eighty drawings and twenty-two prints by masters of the German, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, and French schools will be on view. This traveling exhibition will remain at The Frick Art Museum through March 3, 2002. Among the many oth...
Frick Collection: Poussin, Claude, and Their World: Seventeenth-Century French Drawings from the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
The École des Beaux-Arts has seldom placed such a large number of sheets on loan at any given time, and this exhibition will include many drawings that have never been on view in the United States. Furthermore, several new acquisitions are to be ...
Cleveland Museum of Art: A Painting in Focus: Nicolas Poussin s Holy Family on the Steps
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Kimbell Art Museum: Stroganoff: The Palace and Collections of a Russian Noble Family
The exhibition will draw upon the collections of The State Hermitage and The State Russian Museums to assemble works of art acquired, sponsored, or commissioned by ...
Portland Art Museum: Stroganoff
The exhibition includes icons and antiquities, palace furnishings and paintings of the greatest European masters from Botticelli to Poussin. These will be arrayed as they were in the Stroganoff Palace, one of the gran...
Art Gallery of Ontario: From Michelangelo to Picasso: Great Master Drawings from the Collection of the Albertina, Vienna
The selection of drawings in this exhibition demonstrates the breadth and strength of the Albertina’s holdings. The exhibition will provide a comprehensive ove...
The British Museum: The Light of Nature: Van Dyck
The exhibition brings together 25 of the 29 known landscape drawings by Van Dyck. Now widely dispersed, they are borrowed from ...
British Museum: THE LIGHT OF NATURE: Landscape drawings and watercolours by Van Dyck and his contemporaries
The exhibition brings together 25 of the 29 known landscape drawings by Van Dyck. Now widely dispersed, they are b...
Museum of Fine Art, Houston: Rembrandt to Gainsborough: Masterpieces from England's Dulwich Picture Gallery
Described as Londons most perfect gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery houses a renowned collection of European painting from ...
Guggenheim Museum: Kunsthistorisches Museum, State Hermitage Museum, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Sign Tri-Lateral Agreement in Vienna for the Development of Long- Term Collaborative Programs
The tri-lateral agreement will establish a new level of international collaboration. The broad strategic objectives of the alliance are: to expand international cultural relations; to make each museum's collections accessible to broader audienc...

Further Artwork and Information:

Nicolas Poussin Online
POUSSIN, Nicolas
Nicolas Poussin - Olgas Gallery
Biography
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Nicolas Poussin
CGFA- Nicolas Poussin
ARC :: Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) :: Page 1 of 7
Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin (Getty Museum)
Poussin, Nicolas on Encyclopedia.com

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