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

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

“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

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,

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

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,

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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