POUSSIN, Nicolas (b. 1594, Les Andelys, d. 1665, Roma) Landscape with Polyphemus 1648 Oil on canvas, 150 x 199 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg This picture marks the beginning of Poussin's final period, that in which poetry rises to an all-embracing feeling for the world - still, however, interpreted through a mythological guise. The subject was borrowed from "Metamorphoses" by Ovid. A terrible one-eyed giant Polyphemus anamoured of nymph Galathea is singing of his love on a pipe. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: POUSSIN, Nicolas Title: Landscape with Polyphemus Time-line: 1601-
POUSSIN, Nicolas (b. 1594, Les Andelys, d. 1665, Roma) Landscape with Polyphemus 1648 Oil on canvas, 150 x 199 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg This picture marks the beginning of Poussin's final period, that in which poetry rises to an all-embracing feeling for the world - still, however, interpreted through a mythological guise. The subject was borrowed from "Metamorphoses" by Ovid. A terrible one-eyed giant Polyphemus anamoured of nymph Galathea is singing of his love on a pipe. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: POUSSIN, Nicolas Title: Landscape with Polyphemus Time-line: 1601-1650 School: French Form: painting Type: landscape
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