Winter by Nicolas Poussin|Jean Audran

Medium

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet: 18 7/16 x 23 11/16 in. (46.8 x 60.2 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

Accession Number

53.600.1162

Tags

InfantsWomenWinterBoatsHorsesSnakes

About the Artist

Nicolas Poussin|Jean Audran · 15941665

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...

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