Poussin more than once turned to subjects related to the Holy Family. In the three paintings that you see in front of you, besides the traditional figures of the Madonna,

Nicolas Poussin has repeatedly said that the perception of any work of art requires the hard work of thought. Reason plays a primary role in the works of the master

“The Triumph of David” refers to the period of Poussin’s work, when he was formed as an artist of classicism and was greatly influenced by Titian. This picture is an

In the late 1620s and early 1630s, Poussin painted several paintings based on the famous epic poem “The Liberated Jerusalem”, authored by the great Torquato Tasso. First published in 1580-81,

In the works of Nicolas Poussin the principles of French classicism of the seventeenth century were most fully embodied. The basis of the artist’s art was the search for a

The wonderful musician and singer Orpheus conquered with his talent not only people, but even gods and nature itself. He was married to the beautiful nymph Eurydice, whom he loved

The book of Exodus relates that Moses’ parents belonged to the tribe of Levi. Moses was born in Egypt in the reign of Pharaoh, who “did not know Joseph,” who

Already in his early works, Poussin often used landscape as an element of the background, but only in the 1640s did landscape become dominant in his works. In the “Landscape

The painting “Winter” depicts the scene of the Flood. Element is blind and ruthless. “Winter” is written in a kind of cold, “ice” color, permeated with a aching sense of

The painting “The Healing of the Blind” is written in the Gospel story. Against the background of a rather rigidly executed landscape with picturesque examples of architecture among trees, a

The picture is written on a plot from the Old Testament. King Solomon was distinguished by sound judgment, excellent memory, a vast stock of knowledge, and considerable patience. He listened

The sculpture did not occupy a prominent place in the work of the master. True, the wax figurines he made for his “promising box” were, according to contemporaries, remarkably good.