Figures, Chariot and Dog
Nicolas Poussin · c. 1624 · Pen and brown and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper prepared with a yellow wash
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Figures, Chariot and Dog is a public-domain drawing by Nicolas Poussin, dated c. 1624. Pen and brown and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory laid paper prepared with a yellow wash. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Figures, Chariot and Dog” (c. 1624) is ordered the way Poussin ordered a picture: a few figures, a clear interval between them, and a landscape that stays behind the story.
About the artist
Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) was a French painter working in Rome. His landscapes and history pictures are built on a few clear figures and a measured space.
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