The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 85 x 121 cm Poussin painted this subject twice; this is the second version, more austere, which still relates to the discovery of a tomb on which is engraved with the epitaph “Et in Arcadia Ego” in the wilderness by shepherds. It is subject … Continue reading The Arcadian Shepherds or Et In Arcadia Ego (circa 1640)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 122 x 199 cm For Jacques Thuillier this painting is “one of the finest works of the 1650’s ; the staging uses a fully theatrical point of view, while providing admirable atmospheric effects on the distance animated with small characters.” [translated] Details of the painting: … Continue reading The Death of Sapphira (circa 1652)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 148 x 198 cm Details of the work:
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 101 x 150 cm, painted for Pointel Below are details of the work:
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 13 Oil on canvas, 165 x 241 cm Details of the work:
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 155 x 200 cm Below are details of the painting : Bellori‘s description of the work: “Apollo’s love came from a quarrel with Cupid, which of them would win in the use of the bow? Apollo is seated and, already hit … Continue reading Apollo in love with Daphne (1664)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2nd floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 98 x 74 cm Poussin painted two self-portraits in the same year, one for Jean Pointel, which is now kept at the Gemäldegalerie of Berlin, the other – which set the image of Poussin for posterity – for Paul Fréart de Chantelou, a friend … Continue reading Self-portrait at The Louvre – painted for Paul Fréart de Chantelou (1650)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2nd floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 122 x 195 cm, painted for Le Nôtre in 1653. Below are details of the work: And an engraving replicating it: A piece of detail in the engraving:
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 159 x 206 cm The subject, taken from Plutarch’s life of Romulus, illustrates the moment when the Romans seize the Sabine women in order to take them for their wives. Details of the painting: A previous version of this composition, The … Continue reading The Abduction of the Sabine Women – painted for Cardinal Luigi Omodei (1637-1638)