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The ecstasy of Saint Paul – painted for Paul Scarron (1649-1650)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2nd floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 148 x 120 cm Details of the painting: Paul Scarron (1610-1660), the famous hunchback poet, creator of the burlesque genre in France, who had a certain reputation and was linked to a popular luxury “salon”, commissioned Nicolas Poussin to do a canvas … Continue reading The ecstasy of Saint Paul – painted for Paul Scarron (1649-1650)
Spring or The Earthly Paradise – painted for the 2d Duke of Richelieu (1660-1664)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2nd floor, room 16 Oil on canvas, 117 x 160 cm According to Félibien, this canvas was painted for the Duke of Richelieu (nephew of the cardinal) between 1660 and 1664. Also called Le Paradis terrestre (The Earthly Paradise) or Adam et Ève dans le Paradis terrestre (Adam and Eve … Continue reading Spring or The Earthly Paradise – painted for the 2d Duke of Richelieu (1660-1664)
Winter or The Flood – painted for the Duke of Richelieu (1660-1664)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2nd floor, room 16 Oil on canvas, 118 x 160 cm Below are details of the work: Winter or The Flood is part of The Four Seasons series: “Men of genius have often announced their exit by means of chefs-d’oeuvres” L’Hiver (Winter) is part of the Four Seasons … Continue reading Winter or The Flood – painted for the Duke of Richelieu (1660-1664)
Landscape with Diogenes (circa 1657)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas , 160 x 221 cm Among the most majestic landscapes of the 17th century For Pierre Rosenberg « The work is among the most majestic landscapes of the XVIIth century. The beauty and variety of blues and greens, the masterly layering of the planes, the … Continue reading Landscape with Diogenes (circa 1657)
Moses turning Aaron’s rod into a snake (circa 1645-1648)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2d floor, room 14 Oil on canvas, 92 x 128 cm Details of the work: An engraving of the painting:
Christ and the adulteress – painted for Le Nôtre (1653)
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 triumph of Silenus – Bacchanal (lost)
The painting matching this engraving was most likely part of a set ordered by Cardinal Richelieu for his castle in Poitou and delivered in 1636. The work disappeared in the XVIII century. An ancient copy is kept at the National Gallery in London.
Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice (1650-1653)
The Louvre Museum, Richelieu wing, 2nd floor Oil on canvas, 124 x 200 cm, collection of Louis XIV The subject is taken from Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Eurydice has just been killed by a snake, on the exact same day as her wedding to Orpheus, but he is playing the lyre, not having noticed this accident causing … Continue reading Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice (1650-1653)
Landscape with Abraham and Isaac (1665)
The painting by Gaspard Dughet which corresponds to this engraving, which is today on display in the National Gallery in London, is thought to have belonged to Prince Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna. Below are the details of the engraving: Another engraving of the Landscape with Abraham and Isaac, by John Pye : Below are the details … Continue reading Landscape with Abraham and Isaac (1665)
Landscape with the Basilica of St John Lateran
Landscape engraved by Lemercier. Another engraving was executed by Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain in 1742, viewable on the British Museum website, with this description: “Landscape with two figures in the foreground, with one walking on a road and waving to a man lying by the roadside, at left; beyond woodland on the left, and river … Continue reading Landscape with the Basilica of St John Lateran
View of Tivoli (circa 1670)
Gaspard Dughet’s landscape represented by this engraving, which was associated for a long time with Arricia near Rome, but which actually represents the area surrounding Tivoli, is on display at the National Gallery in London.