# Nicolas Poussin

French, 1594–1665; born in Les Andelys; died in Rome

Poussin left Normandy for Paris and in 1624 settled in Rome, where he spent almost all his career. After an early public commission for St Peter’s, he worked mainly for private collectors on easel paintings of classical, biblical and mythological subjects, ordered with rigorous clarity and reasoned gesture. A brief, unhappy spell as court painter in Paris in 1640–42 confirmed his preference for Rome. His later landscapes give nature a calm, architectural order, and his example became the touchstone of the French Academy.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

6 works in the collection.

- [Landscape with Saint John on Patmos](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-with-saint-john-on-patmos-aic-5848), Nicolas Poussin, 1640. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Nymphs and a Satyr (Amor Vincit Omnia)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nymphs-and-a-satyr-amor-vincit-omnia-cma-108555), Nicolas Poussin, c. 1625–27. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Holy Family on the Steps](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-holy-family-on-the-steps-cma-150389), Nicolas Poussin, 1648. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/blind-orion-searching-for-the-rising-sun-met-437326), Nicolas Poussin, 1658. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Abduction of the Sabine Women](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-abduction-of-the-sabine-women-met-437329), Nicolas Poussin, probably 1633–34. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Bacchanal](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bacchanal-met-335240), Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635–36. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.