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Nicolas Poussin
(Jun 1594 - 19th Nov, 1665)
Un cavalier tenant une lance gravit un talus
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michèle Bellot
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
horse
figure study
étude d'animal
hunter
cavalier (équitation)
spear (weapon)
movement effect
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About the artwork
Title:
Un cavalier tenant une lance gravit un talus
Periods:
17th century
modern age
XVIIth century
Techniques:
wash with grey
wash with brown
pen (drawing)
brown ink
Dimensions:
106 x 108
Inventory number:
INV32426-recto
Detail:
L'attitude de cette figure est à rapprocher de la figure de droite d'un dessin, présentant une scène de chasse
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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