Category:The Inspiration of the Poet by Nicolas Poussin (Louvre RF 1774)

**The Inspiration of the Poet**
	painting by Nicolas Poussin (Louvre)
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Instance of	painting;
Depicts	putto, laurel wreath, lyre, Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Mount Parnassus, tree, quill, Virgil, Calliope, sky, poet, Apollo citharoedus and woman
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	allegory; mythological painting;
Location	Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, Palais Saint-Pierre, 1st arrondissement of Lyon, Lyon, Metropolis of Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Metropolitan France, France
Creator	Nicolas Poussin;
Owned by	Cardinal Mazarin; Armand de Madaillan; Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes; Thomas Charles Hope (1824–); Louvre Museum (1911–);
Collection	Department of Paintings of the Louvre;
Inventory number	RF 1774 (Department of Paintings of the Louvre);
Inception	c. 1629 (after 1629, before 1630);
Width	213 ±1 cm;
Height	182.5 ±0.1 cm;
Authority file
	Q3204226; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12128973n; BabelNet ID: 02800822n; Joconde work ID: 000PE002206; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010065494
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Alternative names	Niccolò Possino
Description	French painter, drawer and decorator
Date of birth/death	June 1594	19 November 1665
Location of birth/death	Les Andelys	Rome
Work location	Paris (1612-1621), Lyon (1622), Rome (1624-1640), Paris (1640-1642), Rome (1643-1665)
Authority file	: Q41554 VIAF: 24606800 ISNI: 0000000120999120 ULAN: 500005036 LCCN: n80028152 NLA: 35789482 MusicBrainz: 309f9a8a-9b0a-4ea9-ab90-cac8c395348f WGA: p/poussin Open Library: OL54083A DBNL: pous011 GND: 118596047 SELIBR: 212673 SUDOC: 027081370 BNF: 119204967 NDL: 00453215 NKC: jn20000701438 SBN: RAVV020839 BNE: XX1075107 CiNii: DA01815473 NLP: a0000001180974 KulturNav: dfef6729-3180-42a8-96b7-d2334a3948a2 RKD: 64559 J9U: 987007266889905171 Koninklijke: 068890583 NLK: KAC2018L7282 WorldCat

Nicolas Poussin: The Inspiration of the Poet

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Alternative names	Niccolò Possino
Description	French painter, drawer and decorator
Date of birth/death	June 1594	19 November 1665
Location of birth/death	Les Andelys	Rome
Work location	Paris (1612-1621), Lyon (1622), Rome (1624-1640), Paris (1640-1642), Rome (1643-1665)
Authority file	: Q41554 VIAF: 24606800 ISNI: 0000000120999120 ULAN: 500005036 LCCN: n80028152 NLA: 35789482 MusicBrainz: 309f9a8a-9b0a-4ea9-ab90-cac8c395348f WGA: p/poussin Open Library: OL54083A DBNL: pous011 GND: 118596047 SELIBR: 212673 SUDOC: 027081370 BNF: 119204967 NDL: 00453215 NKC: jn20000701438 SBN: RAVV020839 BNE: XX1075107 CiNii: DA01815473 NLP: a0000001180974 KulturNav: dfef6729-3180-42a8-96b7-d2334a3948a2 RKD: 64559 J9U: 987007266889905171 Koninklijke: 068890583 NLK: KAC2018L7282 WorldCat

Title

The Inspiration of the Poet

Object type

painting

Genre

allegory

Description

Français : Le jeune homme de droite écrivant sous l'inspiration d'Apollon est peut-être Virgile : la femme debout, à gauche, serait Calliope, Muse de l'éloquence et de la poésie héroïque. Le tableau pourrait avoir été peint en l'honneur d'un poète contemporain ou récemment disparu.

Depicted people

Virgil

Date

circa 1629-1630

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 182.5 cm (71.8 in); width: 213 cm (83.8 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	1st arrondissement of Paris , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Peinture française, room 12: Les peintres de Louis XIII. Richelieu, 2^nd floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Paintings).

Accession number

RF 1774

Object history

by 1661 (?): Jules Mazarin

1798: sale of the collection of Bryan
1910: sale of the collection of Thomas Hope

Unknown date: acquired by Murray Fairfax
Unknown date: acquired by Trotti
1911: purchased by the Louvre Museum, Paris

References

Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 1128 Joconde database: entry 000PE002206

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Media in category "The Inspiration of the Poet by Nicolas Poussin (Louvre RF 1774)"

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L'Inspiration du poète - circa 1629 - Nicolas Poussin - Louvre - RF 1774.jpg 1,500 × 1,294; 292 KB
L'Inspiration du poète - Nicolas Poussin - Musée du Louvre - Peintures RF 1774.jpg 2,508 × 2,123; 1.34 MB
Nicolas Poussin - L'Inspiration du poète (1629).jpg 1,576 × 1,350; 270 KB
Nicolas Poussin - The Inspiration of the Poet - WGA18276.jpg 1,206 × 1,007; 141 KB
Poussin, Nicolas - The Inspiration of the Poet (detail women left) - c. 1630.jpg 683 × 1,001; 120 KB

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