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Poussin and opera: the subject of ‘Landscape with a man killed by a snake’
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 590–600
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Author:
Jewitt, James R. (Jewitt, James R.)
Subjects
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas
dates:
1640-1649
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Pointel, Jean
subjects:
French painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Classical mythology / Classical mythology / Opera / Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal, 1602-1661 / Iconography / Orpheus / Aristaeus / Eurydice / Snakes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, here identified as Landscape with Aristaeus and Python, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118.2 by 197.8 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
10. Landscape with Polyphemus, by Nicolas Poussin. 1649. Oil on canvas, 148.5 by 197.5 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; photograph Vladimir Terebenin).
Attributed works:
2. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by Étienne Baudet after Nicolas Poussin. 1701. Engraving with etching, 57.5 by 76.0 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
Attributed works:
3. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by J.M.W. Turner after Nicolas Poussin. 1799. Ink and watercolour with scraping-out on white wove paper, 7.9 by 13 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
4. Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1650. Oil on canvas, 124 by 200 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. The Arcadian shepherds, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1638–40. Oil on canvas, 85 by 121 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the running figure.
Attributed works:
7. The death of Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1626. Oil on canvas, 63 by 77 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Robilant+Voena).
Attributed works:
8. The death of Eurydice, by Niccolò dell’Abate. c.1552–71. Oil on canvas, 189.2 by 237.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
9. Aristaeus. Roman. c. AD 130–38. Marble, height 196 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).