Nicolas Poussin, 1658 - Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun - fine art print

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Artwork information from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

In accordance with the Greek writer Lucian (125–180 A.D.), the blind giant Orion is shown directed towards the healing rays of the sun by Cedalion, who rides on his back. Poussin has given the story a meteorological subtext by showing the earth’s vapors rising towards the moon (where Diana stands watching); they will be transformed into rain. Poussin painted this poetic picture—one of his greatest landscapes—for Michel Passart, an important Parisian patron of both Poussin and Claude Lorrain.

Summary of the classic art print product

This 17th century work of art Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun was created by the French artist Nicolas Poussin in the year 1658. The beyond 360 year old original has the following size: 46 7/8 x 72 in (119,1 x 182,9 cm) and was painted on the medium oil on canvas. Besides, this artpiece is included in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art located in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1924 (public domain). In addition, the artwork has the creditline: Fletcher Fund, 1924. Moreover, alignment is landscape with a side ratio of 3 : 2, which means that the length is 50% longer than the width. The painter Nicolas Poussin was a European artist from France, whose style can primarily be attributed to Baroque. The artist lived for a total of 71 years and was born in 1594 in Les Andelys, Normandie, France and passed away in the year 1665 in Rome, Roma province, Lazio, Italy.

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