Nicolas Poussin, 1630 - Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan - fine art print

Original artwork information as provided by the museum's website (© - The J. Paul Getty Museum - The J. Paul Getty Museum)

"My temperament compels me to look for and take pleasure in well-ordered things. I avoid confusion, which is contrary and opposed to my nature, just as light is opposed to the darkness of night," wrote Nicolas Poussin.

Saint John baptizes the multitudes in an ideal landscape, framed by a tree trunk on each side. Clothed in antique costumes, the orderly followers have arranged themselves into a carefully balanced frieze. As always, Poussin approached this religious work from the tradition of order, clarity, and harmony associated with the art of ancient Greece and Rome.

Poussin painted this religious scene for one of his key patrons, Roman antiquarian and scientist Cassiano dal Pozzo. Also in the 1630s, Poussin painted a series of the Seven Sacraments for Cassiano, to which this canvas may be related.

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Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan was created by the French painter Nicolas Poussin in 1630. The original measures the size - 95,6 × 121,3 cm (37 5/8 × 47 3/4 in). Oil on canvas was used by the artist as the medium of the artwork. The artpiece can be viewed in in the collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. We are pleased to reference that this artwork, which is in the public domain is included with courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum.Furthermore, the work of art has the following creditline: . Besides this, the alignment is landscape with a ratio of 4 : 3, which implies that the length is 33% longer than the width. Nicolas Poussin was a painter from France, whose style can primarily be assigned to Baroque. The artist lived for a total of 71 years, born in 1594 in Les Andelys, Normandie, France and deceased in the year 1665 in Rome, Roma province, Lazio, Italy.

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