1635
oil
canvas
From the collection of Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Birth of Venus is a 1635 oil by Nicolas Poussin, a Early Baroque Italian work, held at Philadelphia Museum of Art.
This painting shows a lively scene with many figures. In the center, a woman sits on a shell, surrounded by other nude figures, some on horseback. The background is a blue sky with clouds and a body of water. The woman in the center is the focus, with her shell and the figures around her creating a sense of movement. The colors are muted, with shades of blue and brown dominating the palette. If you like this painting, you might want to check out more works by Nicolas Poussin.
The Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite (or Birth of Venus) by Nicolas Poussin, painted in 1635 or 1636, is a painting housed in Philadelphia in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is in oil on canvas (114,4 x 146,6 cm) and shows a group of figures in the sea near a beach, with putti flying over their heads. This mythological scene clearly depicts Poseidon (or Neptune to the Romans), bearded and muscular, with four horses and a trident, to the left. But it is not clear whether the central female figure, sitting on a shell boat, is intended as Venus, Poseidon's wife Amphitrite, or Galatea. It…
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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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