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Poussin and opera: the subject of ‘Landscape with a man killed by a snake’
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 590–600
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Author:
Jewitt, James R. (Jewitt, James R.)
Subjects
artists:
Poussin, Nicolas
dates:
1640-1649
museums and institutions:
National Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Pointel, Jean
subjects:
French painting / Landscapes (visual works) / Classical mythology / Classical mythology / Opera / Mazarin, Jules, Cardinal, 1602-1661 / Iconography / Orpheus / Aristaeus / Eurydice / Snakes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, here identified as Landscape with Aristaeus and Python, by Nicolas Poussin. 1648. Oil on canvas, 118.2 by 197.8 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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10. Landscape with Polyphemus, by Nicolas Poussin. 1649. Oil on canvas, 148.5 by 197.5 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; photograph Vladimir Terebenin).
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2. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by Étienne Baudet after Nicolas Poussin. 1701. Engraving with etching, 57.5 by 76.0 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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3. Landscape with a man killed by a snake, by J.M.W. Turner after Nicolas Poussin. 1799. Ink and watercolour with scraping-out on white wove paper, 7.9 by 13 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
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4. Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1650. Oil on canvas, 124 by 200 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. The Arcadian shepherds, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1638–40. Oil on canvas, 85 by 121 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.1, showing the running figure.
Attributed works:
7. The death of Eurydice, by Nicolas Poussin. c.1626. Oil on canvas, 63 by 77 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Robilant+Voena).
Attributed works:
8. The death of Eurydice, by Niccolò dell’Abate. c.1552–71. Oil on canvas, 189.2 by 237.5 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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9. Aristaeus. Roman. c. AD 130–38. Marble, height 196 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Exhibition Review
Ribera: Art of Violence. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 58-60
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Reviewer:
Finaldi, Gabriele (Finaldi, Gabriele)
Subjects
art literature:
Byron, George Gordon Byron / Ford, Richard, 1796-1858 / Stirling-Maxwell, William / Dante Alighieri
artists:
Ribera, Jusepe de / Michelangelo / Martínez, Jusepe / Callot, Jacques
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Spanish painting / Violence / Torture / Law / Anatomy / Ecorchés (models) / Portraits / Heraldry / Visual sources / Critical Reception / Saints / Martyrdoms / Martyrs / Blind (people) / Divine Comedy (Dante) / Classical / Marsyas / Apollo / Bartholomew, Saint / Snakes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A bat and two ears, by Jusepe de Ribera. Early 1620s. Red chalk, brush and red wash, 15.9 by 27.9 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
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2. Apollo and Marsyas, by Jusepe de Ribera. 1637. Canvas, 182 by 232 cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
3. Man bound to a stake, by Jusepe de Ribera. First half of the 1640s. Pen and brown ink with wash, 21.5 by 16.3 cm. (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; exh. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London).
Letter
The Snake as Heresy
06/1980 | 927 | 122
Pages: 439
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Author:
Spike, John T. (Spike, John T.; Spike, John; Spike, John I.)
Subjects
artists:
Rubens, Peter Paul
subjects:
Flemish painting / Iconography
subjects:
Snakes
Article
The Snake Pattern in Ireland, the Mediterranean and China
06/1908 | 63 | 13
Pages: 132-137
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Author:
Herringham, Christiana (Herringham, Christiana; Herringham; Herringham, C. F.; Herringham, C. J.; Powell, Christiana Jane)
Subjects
places:
Ireland / Greece / China
subjects:
Snakes / Animals / Pattern / Decorative arts / Symbols / Ancient
subjects:
Vases / Geometric patterns / Naturalism