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)
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)
Painting created for Henri d’Etampes-Valençay, a French ambassador in Rome in 1650. Details of the engraving (chisel) by Jean Pesne (1623-1700), signed for Séraphin de Mauroy, one of Poussin’s clients:
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 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)