Poussin Nicolaus

This picture, which played a happy role in the life of Poussin, was commissioned by his cardinal Francesca Barberini. After her, the artist’s fame rapidly grew. Many agree that “The

In the last years of his life, Poussin rejects the cold, rational art and returns to the roots. He writes a number of landscapes and several self-portraits, which collectors order

As it is easy to guess from the name of the picture, in front of us is an allegory of human life. Four dancing figures personify the four stages of

In the center of the picture is depicted Nereid Amphitrite, Neptune’s spouse. She sits on the bull, whose body ends with a fish tail surrounded by numerous retinues. The two

Around 1635, Poussin received from his acquaintance, Cassia-no del Pozzo, an order for a series of seven paintings illustrating the seven sacraments of the church. In the Catholic Church these

The ordination is one of the sacraments of the Christian church, accompanying the ordination as any priest. Here Poussin portrayed the “first ordination” in the history of Christianity. Christ tells

When Moses spent forty days and nights on Mount Sinai talking to God, the people of Israel were tired of waiting. They needed a new guide who would go ahead

Bacchus and Ariadne – a complex multi-figured canvas. Poussin presents the orgy here rather as a triumphal procession dedicated to the marriage of Bacchus and the beautiful Ariadne. Their images

The plot is taken from Ovid’s Metamorphosis. Silenus, educator and companion of the god of viticulture and winemaking of Bacchus, was seized by the peasants and brought to Midas, king

Poussin painted two pictures on this plot. Before us is the second of them, and the earlier one, dated 1628-30, is stored in the UK. It depicts a corner of

Poussin’s painting presents to us three divine powers that governed in the ancient world eternal cycles of birth and death, reincarnation and resurrection, this is his mystical interpretation of pagan

Confirmation is the Sacrament, in which, through the anointing of the world, the baptized communicate the powers of God’s grace to strengthen them in their spiritual life. It is performed

Meleager is the son of the ruler of the Calydon kingdom in Aetolia. He grew up a brave, handsome young man and, together with the Argonauts, went to Colchis. While

In 1648, Poussin painted two paired paintings, commissioned by a wealthy merchant named Serizier. Serizier did his business in Lyon, but he also had a house in Paris. Both paintings

The last creation of Poussin was the cycle “Seasons”. Four paintings from this cycle Poussin created for the Duke of Richelieu, the nephew of Cardinal Richelieu. Each season, Poussin decided

According to the stories of Roman historians, mostly men lived in Rome, since the neighboring tribes did not want to marry their daughters to the poor Roman suitors. Then Romulus

Poussin was a talented and prolific draftsman. About 450 drawings made by him came to us. Of course, once they were much more. Not only the individual drawings of Poussin,

Narcissus is a wonderful young man whose parents were predicted that he would live to a great age. but never see his face. Narcissus grew up as a young man

The painting “Apollo and the Muses” is one of the key works for understanding Poussin’s work. Her composition borrowed from one of the frescoes of Raphael on the same topic.

Poussin borrowed the heroes of this picture from the poem “Metamorphoses” by the Roman poet Ovid. Polyphemus is a cyclop, a scary-looking one-eyed giant who lived in Sicily, had a

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