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Nicolas Poussin
(Jun 1594 - 19th Nov, 1665)
Mercure, Pâris et L'Amour
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Michèle Bellot
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
drapery
Paris (mythology)
landscape background
eagle (bird)
étude d'animal
figure study
Mercury (mythologie)
group
Eros (god)
mythological scene
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About the artwork
Title:
Mercure, Pâris et L'Amour
Periods:
modern age
17th century
XVIIth century
Techniques:
black chalk
wash with brown
wash with grey
pen (drawing)
brown ink
doubled paper
Dimensions:
231 x 209
Inventory number:
INV32445-recto
Detail:
Vers 1630
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Nicolas Poussin
Born:
Jun 1594
Dead:
19th Nov, 1665
Country:
France
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Nicolas Poussin
(French:
[nikɔlɑ pusɛ̃]
; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. His work is characterized by clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. Until the 20th century he remained a major inspiration for such classically oriented artists as Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Paul Cézanne. He worked in Rome for a circle of leading collectors there and…
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