Classicism

Penance – Nicolas Poussin

Painter: Nicolas Poussin Art movement: Classicism Series: Seven Sacraments Genre of painting: religious painting Painting technique: oil Painting material: canvas Dimensions: 117 x 175 cm Location: National Galleries of Scotland Content: Christianity, priests-and-sacraments

Winter (The Flood) – Nicolas Poussin

Painter: Nicolas Poussin Start Date: 1660 Date of art creation: 1664 Art movement: Classicism Series: The Four Seasons Genre of painting: allegorical painting Painting technique: oil Painting material: canvas Dimensions: 117 x 160 cm Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France Content: Christianity, Great-Flood

The Summer (Ruth and Boaz) – Nicolas Poussin

Painter: Nicolas Poussin Start Date: 1660 Date of art creation: 1664 Art movement: Classicism Series: The Four Seasons Genre of painting: genre painting Painting technique: oil Painting material: canvas Dimensions: 118 x 160 cm Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France Content: arts-and-crafts, fields-and-plains, mountains

The birth of Baccus – Nicolas Poussin

Painter: Nicolas Poussin Date of art creation: 1657 Art movement: Classicism Genre of painting: mythological painting Painting technique: oil Painting material: canvas Dimensions: 122 x 179 cm Location: Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Content: Greek-and-Roman-Mythology, Bacchus/Dionysus

The Death of Saphire – Nicolas Poussin

Painter: Nicolas Poussin Start Date: 1654 Date of art creation: 1656 Art movement: Classicism Genre of painting: mythological painting Painting technique: oil Painting material: canvas Dimensions: 122 x 199 cm Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France Content: Greek-and-Roman-Mythology, Saphire