Extreme Unction (recto)
Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665) · 1643–44 · pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash
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About this picture
Extreme Unction (recto) is a CC0 drawing by Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665), dated 1643–44. Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Extreme Unction (recto)” (1643–44) 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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