Bust of Nicolas Poussin
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| Bust of Nicolas Poussin | |
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| Artist | François Duquesnoy |
| Year | c. 1630 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Marble |
| Subject | Nicolas Poussin |
| Dimensions | 70.5 cm × 51.5 cm (27.7 in × 20.3 in) |
| Location | Bode Museum, Berlin |
| 52°31′19″N 13°23′41″E / 52.52194°N 13.39472°E | |
The Bust of Nicolas Poussin is a marble portrait bust by the Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy. Nicolas Poussin was a close friend of Duquesnoy, and the leading classicist painter in 17th-century French art, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.
Both Poussin's and Duquesnoy's visions were at odds with the mainstream Baroque style of artists such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona.[1] The portrait sculpture was completed in the 1630s, and is currently housed at the Bode Museum in Berlin.[2]
