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Nicolas Poussin

142 works

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Painting of women on a riverbank rescuing an infant from the water, with an arched bridge and pyramid in the background.

Moses Saved from the River

1638

Painting of Christ among a crowd of robed men beside a kneeling woman before classical stone buildings under blue sky.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

1653

Painting of a woman playing a harpsichord beside cherubs holding sheet music, with a red curtain and classical column.

Saint Cecilia

1635

Painting of a winged woman holding a laurel wreath beside a young warrior with a sword, with cherubs and armor nearby.

The Triumph of David

1630

Classical landscape with figures by a river, a lyre player, a fortified city with a bridge, and dark clouds above.

Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice

1650

Painting of a seated king on a throne gesturing as a soldier raises a sword over a baby while two women plead.

The Judgment of Solomon

1649

Painting of a Bacchic revel with dancing figures, satyrs, cherubs and a gilded chariot in a wooded landscape.

Bacchanale ou Bacchus et Ariane

1624

Painting of a bearded man in red robes lifted skyward by two winged angels above a stone ledge with a sword and book.

The Ecstasy of St Paul

1649

Painting of Roman soldiers attacking a city, with a mounted commander on a white horse and a burning temple behind.

The Conquest of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus

1638

Painting of a child reaching for a crown in a draped chamber, with a reclining bearded man and gesturing courtiers in colourf

Moïse enfant foulant aux pieds la couronne de Pharaon

1625

Painting of a crowded classical city with columns, a golden idol, and figures in distress tending to fallen plague victims.

The Plague at Ashdod

1630

Painting of Apollo and the Muses with laurel-crowned poets in a wooded glade, cherubs flying above and a reclining nude by a

Parnassus

1630

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child appearing in clouds to kneeling men gazing upward in a dark landscape.

The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint James the Great

1629

Painting of a soldier raising a sword over a kneeling mother beside an infant, with a grieving woman in blue behind them.

Massacre of the Innocents

1625

Classical landscape with two reclining nymphs in the foreground, a river, tall trees, and a castle on distant hills.

Landscape with two nymphs and a serpent

1659

Classical landscape painting with tall trees, a columned temple on a rise, rocky hill, and small figures on a winding road.

Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion

1648

Painting of a bending man lifting a stone among classical ruins while two women in robes look on.

Theseus Finds His Father's Sword

1638

Painting of dancing figures in a landscape, an old winged man with an hourglass and lyre, and a sun chariot in the clouds abo

A Dance to the Music of Time

1634

Painting of a reclining youth beside a winged cupid with a torch, and a woman leaning on a rock under trees.

Echo and Narcissus

1629

Painting of a seated woman on a chariot surrounded by dancing figures, cherubs with garlands, and a wooded landscape under cl

The Triumph of Flora

1627

Circular painting of winged Time lifting nude Truth skyward while Envy and Discord are shown below among rocks and clouds.

Time defending Truth against the attacks of Envy and Discord

1641

Painting of Israelites gathering manna in a rocky desert, with robed figures reaching for food under a stormy sky.

The Israelites gathering Manna in the Desert

1637

Painting of a nursing infant tended by women and a kneeling man beside a goat, with a deer and tree in a landscape.

Jupiter als Kind von der Ziege Amalthea genährt

Painting of Moses raising his staff before a rock as a crowd of people in colourful robes gathers to drink.

Moses Striking the Rock

1649

Painting of Venus and a faun with a goat among playing putti beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape.

Venus, Faun and Putti

1631

Painting of a kneeling woman reaching toward a man holding a shovel beside a rock tomb and trees.

Noli me tangere

1653

Oil painting of a dying man on a bed as a scribe writes beside him while mourners in a dim room look on.

Eudamidas' testamente

1644-1648

Shepherds and a woman in white gather around a tomb inscribed Et in Arcadia ego beneath trees, with a laurel-wreathed figure

Et in Arcadia ego

1629

Painting of Christ healing a blind man on a path, with a crowd and a distant city under stormy skies.

Kristus helbreder de to blinde ved Jericho

1600-1699

Nude revelers and satyrs in a wooded landscape around Bacchus, with a kneeling man in orange and blue and a goat.

Midas and Bacchus

1624

Painting of dancing revelers, satyrs and women in a forest beside a wreathed herm of Pan, with putti in the foreground.

A Bacchanalian Revel before a Term

1632

Oval painting of Moses reacting to an angel beside a burning bush, with a serpent on rocks and a stormy sky.

Moses og den brændende tornebusk

1641