Landscape with Saint John on Patmos
Nicolas Poussin · 1640 · Oil on canvas
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Landscape with Saint John on Patmos is a public-domain painting by Nicolas Poussin, dated 1640. Oil on canvas. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Landscape with Saint John on Patmos” (1640) 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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