Nicolas Poussin, 1626 - The Massacre of the Innocents - fine art print

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The work of art was painted by the artist Nicolas Poussin. The 390 years old version of the artpiece was made with the size: Height: 97 cm, Width: 131,7 cm. Oil, Canvas (material) was used by the French painter as the medium of the painting. Besides, the work of art belongs to the digital collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, which is located in Paris, France. We are pleased to state that the work of art, which is in the public domain is included with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.Besides, the artpiece has the following creditline: . On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape with a side ratio of 4 : 3, which implies that the length is 33% longer than the width. The painter Nicolas Poussin was a European artist from France, whose artistic style can be attributed mainly to Baroque. The artist lived for 71 years and was born in 1594 in Les Andelys, Normandie, France and deceased in 1665.

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The "Slaughter of the Innocents" is reported in the "Gospel according to Matthew." King Herod killed all the boys under two years born around Bethlehem as the Magi had announced his birth in this city of a child destined to become king of the Jews. Jesus was saved from slaughter by fleeing into Egypt from Famille.Nicolas Poussin depicts the dramatic episode of the New Testament. The left tramples soldier horrified mother can not protect her child. In the center, another trying to escape. At right, a third tries to hold the executioner. The fourth, kneeling, crying child mort.Supplication, horror, terror, despair, each woman's face expresses a different feeling. The dark architecture firm behind the picture plane leaves no escape characters arranged in frieze as an ancient bas-relief. The faces of the soldiers, anonymous executioners and indifferent, drowned in shadow. Their bodies draw arabesques, like a macabre dance around victimes.Même when Poussin painted tragedy, scholarly and rigorous compositions seek harmony, to the delight of connoisseurs.

Slaughter of the Innocents is narrated in the Gospel according to Matthew. King Herod killed all the boys under two years born around Bethlehem as the Magi had announced his birth in this city of a child destined to become king of the Jews. Jesus was saved from slaughter by fleeing to Egypt to his family. Nicolas Poussin painted this dramatic episode of the New Testament.Longtemps discussed the attribution of this painting to Poussin seems generally accepted today. In the late 1620s, Poussin running another canvas on the subject, preserved in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, and more drama.

Religious scene, the New Testament scene, Massacre of the Innocents, Child, Women, Executioner, Sword, Temple, Palace