The Inspiration of the Poet
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| Artist | Nicolas Poussin |
| Year | 1629–1630 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 183 cm × 213 cm (72 in × 84 in) |
| Location | Louvre, Paris |
The Inspiration of the Poet is an oil-on-canvas in the classical style by the artist Nicolas Poussin, painted between 1629 and 1630. It is currently held and exhibited at the Louvre in Paris.
History
Muse
, perhaps Poussin's wife AnnaThe painting seems to be the one which was in the Cardinal Mazarin Collection in 1653.
It was given to Louis XIV in 1693, together with its companion piece, A Seaport, by the French architect and gardener André Le Nôtre. It was acquired by the Louvre in 1911.[1]
The painting depicts
Imprimerie Royale in 1641–1642.[2]
Some critics put forward the hypothesis that the model for the Muse, often recognizable in other works of this period by Poussin, may have been Anna Dughet, whom he married in 1630 at San Lorenzo in Lucina (Rome).[3]
See also
- List of paintings by Nicolas Poussin
- Baroque
- Et in Arcadia ego
- History of painting
- Western painting
Notes
- ^ Cf. the Louvre Catalogue, and their respective webpage.
- ISBN 0-521-48214-3
- ISBN 978-88-450-0735-4.
References
- Baer, Curtis O. (1963), "An Essay on Poussin", The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 21 (3), Blackwell Publishing: 251–261, JSTOR 427435
- Bätschmann, Oskar (1999), Nicolas Poussin: Dialectics of Painting, Reaktion Books, ISBN 0-948462-43-4
- Carrier, David (1993), Poussin's paintings: a study in art-historical methodology, Penn State Press, ISBN 0-271-00816-4
- Clark, Kenneth (1961), Landscape into art, Beacon Press
- Haggard, Patrick; Rodgers, Sam (2000), "The movement disorder of Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)", Movement Disorders, 15 (2): 328–334, S2CID 43216258, archived from the originalon 2013-01-05
- McTighe, Sheila (1996), Nicolas Poussin's Landscape Allegories, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-48214-3
- Mérot, Alain (1990), Nicolas Poussin, Abbeville Press, ISBN 1-55859-120-6
- F. Negri Arnoldi, Storia dell'Arte, Fabbri Group (1990), Vol.III, ISBN 978-88-450-0735-4
- Scott, Katie; Warwick, Genevieve (1998), Commemorating Poussin: Reception and Interpretation of the Artist, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-64004-0
- Sohm, Philip Lindsay (2007), The artist grows old: the aging of art and artists in Italy, 1500-1800, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12123-0, Chapter 3. Poussin's hands and Titian's eyes
- Verdi, Richard; ISBN 0-302-00656-7
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Inspiration of the Poet by Nicolas Poussin (Louvre RF 1774).
- L'Inspiration du poète at the Louvre
- Nicolas Poussin Biography, Style and Artworks
- Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- 92 works by Nicolas Poussin
- Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.