Road along a Winding River
Nicolas Poussin · c. 1648? · pen and brown ink, squared in black chalk, on laid paper
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About this picture
Road along a Winding River is a public-domain drawing by Nicolas Poussin, dated c. 1648?. Pen and brown ink, squared in black chalk, on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Road along a Winding River” (c. 1648?) 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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