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attributed to Nicolas Poussin
(Jun 1594 - 19th Nov, 1665)
Vénus ou nymphe endormie entourée de trois amours
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Thierry Le Mage
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
Venus (mythology)
nymph
sleep
study of a nude
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About the artwork
Title:
Vénus ou nymphe endormie entourée de trois amours
Periods:
17th century
modern age
Techniques:
wash with brown
pen (drawing)
brown ink
black chalk
gouache
gouache highlighits
Dimensions:
130 x 191
Inventory number:
INV32505-recto
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
attributed to
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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