Quel est le style de Nicolas Poussin ?
Quel est le style de Nicolas Poussin ?
Classicisme Baroque Nicolas Poussin/Périodes Poussin, maître du classicisme Son Autoportrait, peint en 1650 et conservé au Musée du Louvre, fixe son image en maître de l'école française. Mais c'est paradoxalement à Rome qu'il élabore le classicisme dont l'art français se réclamera tout au long du XVIIe siècle.
Who is Nicolas Poussin?
- 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. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors.
Who bought Poussin's painting in France?
- In Thomas Charles Hope 's collection in 1824, bought by the Louvre in 1911. Largely reworked, by Poussin himself. Possibly painted as an altarpiece for the église Saint-Jacques in Valenciennes. Bought by the duc de Richelieu then entered the French royal collection in 1665
How did Poussin develop his style?
- The commissions Poussin received for modestly scaled paintings of religious, mythological, and historical subjects allowed him to develop his individual style in works such as The Death of Germanicus, The Massacre of the Innocents, and the first of his two series of the Seven Sacraments.
What happened to Poussin after he died?
- Upon his death, he left no heirs, except for his wife’s brother, whom he adopted as a son, and who took the Poussin name. After his death, King Louis XIV amasses a huge amount of his works, many of which now hang on the Louvre, which has an entire gallery dedicated to just Poussin’s works.
