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Nicolas Poussin
(Jun 1594 - 19th Nov, 1665)
Vénus à la fontaine
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
nude (female)
fountain
fond d'architecture
grooming (dressing)
Venus (mythology)
Pan (god)
putto
landscape background
mirror
mise au carreau
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About the artwork
Title:
Vénus à la fontaine
Periods:
modern age
17th century
XVIIth century
Techniques:
papier filigrané
pen (drawing)
black chalk
wash with brown
mise au carreau
gouache
brown ink
mise au carreau
Dimensions:
255 x 232
Inventory number:
RF762-recto
Detail:
Vers 1657
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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