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From the collection of Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Jupiter als Kind von der Ziege Amalthea genährt is a 1639 paint by Nicolas Poussin, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
This painting depicts a group of people and animals in a landscape. A woman in a white dress sits on a rock, while another woman in a yellow and blue dress kneels beside her, holding a jug. A man in an orange cloth crouches next to them, reaching out to a goat. In the background, a tree leans over the group, and a distant landscape stretches out. The painting's use of color and composition creates a sense of harmony and balance. The figures are arranged in a triangular formation, drawing the viewer's eye to the center of the image. To learn more about the artist's use of light and shadow, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
Nicolas Poussin (UK: , US: , French: ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.
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