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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.
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The Paintings of Nicolas Poussin. A Critical Catalogue. London: Phaidon. OCLC 1153562776 – via the Internet Archive. (in French) Jacques Thuillier, Tout l'œuvre peint de Poussin : Documentation et catalogue raisonné, Paris, Rizzoli-Flammarion, Les Classique de l'Art series, 1974, 136 p.
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.
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)
The death of Germanicus in dubious circumstances greatly affected Tiberius's popularity in Rome, leading to the creation of a climate of fear in Rome itself. Also suspected of connivance in his death was Tiberius's chief advisor, Sejanus , who would, in the 20s, create an atmosphere of fear in Roman noble and administrative circles by the use ...
The painting was commissioned on February 5, 1628, by the Fabric of Saint Peter, to adorn the altar dedicated to Erasmus of Formia in St. Peter's Basilica. More precisely, it was to be located to the left of the north transept, near the Martyrdom of Saint Processus and Saint Martinian by Valentin de Boulogne (1629). [2]