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Poussin is probably the first painter in history to examine this subject. This episode in the of ancient Rome is taken from the Annals of Tacitus.It describes the military successes of the Roman general Germanicus, elder brother of Claudius, in the service of the Emperor Tiberius, especially against the Germans, which earned him his nickname.
1626–1627 c. (or c. 1628 ?) 98 x 73,5 cm: Originally used for Bacchus-Erigone, then painted over by Poussin with a Bacchus-Apollo. Much later repainting, to cover the figures' genitalia. Stockholm, Nationalmuseum: 53/135 Bacchic scene or Nymph and satyr drinking: 1626–1628: 74 x 60 cm: Copy of the Moscow painting considered to be by Poussin ...
Death of Germanicus (1773–1774), a marble sculpture by British sculptor Thomas Banks. [97] Thusnelda im Triumphzug des Germanicus (1873), a painting by German painter Karl von Piloty. [56] I, Claudius (1934), a historical fiction novel by classicist Robert Graves. [98] The Caesars (1968), a British television series by Philip Mackie.
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Nicolas Poussin (UK: / ˈ p uː s æ̃ /, US: / p uː ˈ s æ̃ /, [1] [2] French: [nikɔla pusɛ̃]; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.
Landscape with Saint John on Patmos (French: Paysage avec saint Jean à Patmos) is a 1640 neoclassical painting by Nicolas Poussin, now in the Art Institute of Chicago. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The painting features Saint John , banished to Patmos , writing the Book of Revelation amidst a classical landscape background.
Poussin – The Death of Germanicus. Nicolas Poussin – The Death of Germanicus; Rembrandt – Rembrandt's Mother: Bust (etching) Francisco de Zurbarán – Saint Serapion; Cornelis van Haarlem – The Judgement of Paris (approximate date) Anthony van Dyck. Nicolas Lanier; The Shepherd Paris (approximate date)
Death remains one of the last great taboos in much of the developed world. Poussin's painting addresses with potency and directness the universal message of human mortality: through the rhythmic beauty of the compositional line and passages of resplendent, even joyous, colour, Poussin allows us to contemplate and engage with the most natural ...