CIRCLE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN (LES ANDELYS 1594-1665 ROME)
Lot 170

CIRCLE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN (LES ANDELYS 1594-1665 ROME)

A river god reclining in a landscape

Closed9 July 2021

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CIRCLE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN (LES ANDELYS 1594-1665 ROME)
A river god reclining in a landscape
oil on canvas
19 x 25 in. (48.2 x 63.5 cm.)

Specialist note

The pose of the figure appears to have been influenced by the marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon, thought to represent the river-god Ilissos (London, British Museum, inv. no. 1816,0610.99).