Nicolas PoussinFrench, 1594–1665Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake
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Where is “Landscape with a Man killed by a Snake” now? Collection: The National Gallery, London. Unknown.
The National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- NG5763
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Nicolas Poussin · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Nicolas Poussin
The whole life1641–1665
Post: Premier peintre du Roi
1647
André Félibien becomes friend and pupil
In 1647 André Félibien, secretary of the French embassy in Rome, became a friend and painting student of Poussin; later he wrote one of the first biographies of the artist.
after 1650
A trembling hand: his health declines
After 1650 Poussin’s health declined and a tremor in his hand grew worse — evidence of it is visible in his late drawings.
