Studies after Andrea Mantegna, Giulio Romano, and the Antique
Nicolas Poussin
1635/40
Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
26.9 × 20.3 cm (10 5/8 × 8 in.)
Classification
drawings (visual works)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
202297
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...