Man Praying in Wilderness
Nicolas Poussin · n.d. · Brush and black ink and gray wash, with touches of brush and blue-gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on blue wove paper
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Man Praying in Wilderness is a public-domain drawing by Nicolas Poussin, dated n.d.. Brush and black ink and gray wash, with touches of brush and blue-gray wash, over traces of black chalk, on blue wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Man Praying in Wilderness” (n.d.) 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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