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Nicolas Poussin

142 works

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Painting of the Holy Family with young John the Baptist beside a fluted column, a sheep, and a reading man under trees.

Die Heilige Familie mit dem Johannesknaben

1628

Painting of the Baptism of Christ: a crowd of figures at a river, a dove above, trees and hills in the background.

The Baptism of Christ

1641/1642

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds in a blue mantle, surrounded by cherubs, above a draped stone altar and columns.

The Assumption of the Virgin

c. 1630/1632

Painting of soldiers with swords attacking mothers and infants in a classical colonnade, with dead children on the floor.

Le Massacre des Innocents

1627

Mythological painting of Apollo among clouds with winged figures, cherubs, and reclining men beside a golden arch.

Apollon accordant son char à Phaéton, d'après Poussin

1699

Painting of figures being baptized in a river beneath trees, with rolling hills and a cloudy sky behind them.

Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan

1630

Circular painting of the Virgin and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist before classical columns and a landscape.

POUSSIN Nicolas (entourage de) - La Vierge à l'Enfant avec saint Jean-Baptiste, MNR00037

Painting of two winged cupids riding goats through a wooded landscape beside a stream, with rocks and trees behind.

Amours chevauchant des boucs

1630

Painting of a goddess handing a warrior ornate armour in a landscape, with cupids in clouds and a reclining river figure.

Venus, Mother of Aeneas, presenting him with Arms forged by Vulcan

1633

Painting of a pastoral landscape with seated figures in the foreground, shepherds, grazing sheep, a bridge and a large tree.

Midas, Pan et bergers

1625

Crowded classical scene of trumpeters, a man holding a severed head aloft, and celebrating figures before a colonnade.

The Triumph of David

1628

Poussin painting of a seated commander in red cloak, schoolboys and armored soldiers before a city wall.

'Camillus and the Schoolmaster of Falerii'

1634

Painting of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stable with cherubs and flowers above, by Nicolas Poussin, 1633.

L'Adoration des bergers

1633

Classical landscape with tall trees, a pond with a swan, a tower, and resting figures in orange and blue robes.

Paysage avec un voyageur au repos

1648

Saint in orange robe and blue dress rising on clouds above a hilltop town with towers and wooded landscape.

The Translation of Saint Rita of Cascia

1630

Painting of nymphs, a satyr and goats nurturing an infant in a wooded hillside landscape with a stream.

The Nurture of Jupiter

1630

Painting of nude Venus and Mercury in a wooded landscape with playing cupids, a lute and sheet music in the foreground.

Venus and Mercury

1627

Painting of a woman gazing at a sleeping armored warrior as a winged Cupid with a sword stands beside her in a wooded landsca

Rinaldo and Armida

1630

Painting of the Holy Family with a donkey by a river, angels carrying a cross overhead, and classical ruins in the background

The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt

1628

Painting of Christ in a red cloak handing keys to a kneeling Saint Peter among apostles on a wooded path.

The Sacrament of Ordination (Christ presenting the Keys to Saint Peter)

1636

Painting of revelers dancing in a wooded glade with satyrs, maenads, a goat and scattered masks, by Nicolas Poussin.

The Triumph of Pan

1636

Painting of women gathered on a riverbank around an infant, with classical buildings, palms and an obelisk behind them.

The Finding of Moses

1651

Painting of Venus with nude attendants, a warrior in armor, and cupids in a wooded landscape with a shield and weapons.

Venus and Mars

1633

Painting of Bacchus on a gilded chariot amid revelers, centaurs and cherubs, with a sun chariot in the sky above.

The Triumph of Bacchus

1635

Painting of soldiers sacking a burning colonnaded temple, with horsemen, fallen figures, banners and a menorah in view.

The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem

1625

Painting of a crowned man holding a branch beside a reclining nymph and a piper in a wooded classical landscape.

Midas transformant en or le rameau d'une yeuse, dit autrefois Numa Pompilius et la nymphe Égérie

1631

Painting of Venus reclining with Adonis, cupids, swans, a dog and a gilded chariot under a stormy sky.

Venus and Adonis

1628

Storm landscape with lightning over a lake and buildings, a figure in blue fleeing a fallen body in the foreground.

Landscape during a Thunderstorm with Pyramus and Thisbe

1651

Painting of a nude youth with a vine-leaf wreath and staff, flanked by putti, a seated woman, and a wooded landscape.

Bacchus-Apollo

1620

Painting of nude Venus rising from the sea amid nymphs, tritons, horses, and flying cherubs under a stormy sky.

The Birth of Venus

1635

Painting of Cephalus and Aurora with a winged white horse, a sleeping man, a cupid, and a dawn landscape.

Cephalus and Aurora

1630

Painting of the infant Bacchus with nymphs and satyrs in a wooded landscape, with grapevines and gilded dishes.

L’enfance de Bacchus

1630