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  2. Nicolas Poussin

Artist Nicolas Poussin, 1594–1665

Works featured in these exhibitions


Moses Rescued from the Waters by Nicolas Poussin
The Finding of Moses by Nicolas Poussin
The Finding of Moses by Nicolas Poussin

Exodus 1:1–2:10 The Finding of Moses

Moses Rescued from the Waters by Nicolas Poussin
The Finding of Moses by Nicolas Poussin
The Finding of Moses by Nicolas Poussin

Exodus 1:1–2:10 The Finding of Moses

Moses Rescued from the Waters by Nicolas Poussin
The Finding of Moses by Nicolas Poussin
The Finding of Moses by Nicolas Poussin

Exodus 1:1–2:10 The Finding of Moses

The Israelites Worship the Golden Calf, from Bible pictures by William de Brailes
The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin
L’Adoration du veau (Adoration of the Calf) by Francis Picabia

Exodus 32 The Golden Calf

The Grapes from the Promised Land, from Historienbibel by Ulrich Schriber
Autumn, from the Four Seasons, by Nicolas Poussin
Seated Giant, by Francisco de Goya

Numbers 13 Spies Sent into Canaan

The Judgement of Solomon by unknown Ethiopian artist
The judgement of Solomon by Nicolas Poussin
A Scholar (King Solomon ?), from the Coburg Pentateuch by Unknown German artist

1 Kings 3 & 4; 2 Chronicles 1 The Wisdom of Solomon

Christ on the Cold Stone
Altarpiece with St Joseph and the Christ Child by El Greco
The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt by Nicolas Poussin

Matthew 2:14–15, 19–23 The Return from Egypt

Massacre of the Innocents, mosaic on the triumphal arch of the nave by Unknown artist
Relief panel with scenes from the life of Christ (Massacre of the Innocents; Baptism of Christ; Marriage at Cana) by Unknown Byzantine artist [Rome or Milan]
The Massacre of the Innocents by Nicolas Poussin

Matthew 2:16–18 The Massacre of the Innocents

Saint Peter Healing the Lame Man by Cimabue
Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man by Nicolas Poussin
Peter and John Healing the Lame Man by Masolino and Masaccio

Acts of the Apostles 3 At the Beautiful Gate


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More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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