Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus
Nicolas Poussin
ca. 1627
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
38 3/8 x 28 5/8 in. (97.5 x 72.7 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, 1871
Accession Number
71.56
Tags
ChildrenMenMidasRivers
About the Artist
Nicolas Poussin · 1594–1665
Nicolas Poussin, born in June 1594 near Les Andelys in Normandy, emerged from a family of local distinction whose modest means and parental opposition could not deter his artistic calling. He received his initial training under the itinerant painter Quentin Varin in Rouen around 1611–12, absorbing lessons in storytelling, precise facial expressions, and rich colors, though without a formal long-te...