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Nicolas Poussin

1594 - 1665

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Nicolas Poussin (UK: , US: , French: [nikɔla pusɛ̃]; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors. He returned to Paris for a brief period to serve as First Painter to the King under Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, but soon returned to Rome and resumed his more traditional themes. In his later years he gave growing prominence to the landscape in his paintings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas Poussin is the 44th most popular painter, the 120th most popular biography from France (down from 101st in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Painter.

Nicolas Poussin is most famous for his painting, "The Arcadian Shepherds."

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Among painters, Nicolas Poussin ranks 44 out of 2,023. Before him are Masaccio, Jacques-Louis David, Tintoretto, Gustave Courbet, Alphonse Mucha, and Paolo Veronese. After him are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Caspar David Friedrich, Anthony van Dyck, Andrea del Verrocchio, and Fra Angelico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1594, Nicolas Poussin ranks 2. Before him is Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. After him are Ngawang Namgyal, Willem Claesz. Heda, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Clara Peeters, César, Duke of Vendôme, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, and Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. Among people deceased in 1665, Nicolas Poussin ranks 2. Before him is Pierre de Fermat. After him are Philip IV of Spain, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Elisabetta Sirani, César, Duke of Vendôme, Stefan Czarniecki, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Andreas Cellarius, and Mary of Jesus of Ágreda.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas Poussin ranks 120 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Anatole France (1844), François Mitterrand (1916), Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778), and André Gide (1869). After him are Philippe Pétain (1856), Catherine of Valois (1401), Joseph Fourier (1768), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Philip II of France (1165), and Charles Aznavour (1924).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Nicolas Poussin ranks 12. Before him are Paul Gauguin (1848), Édouard Manet (1832), Eugène Delacroix (1798), Edgar Degas (1834), Jacques-Louis David (1748), and Gustave Courbet (1819). After him are Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), Georges Braque (1882), Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684), Jean-François Millet (1814), Théodore Géricault (1791), and Henri Rousseau (1844).

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