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- Reference number
- P02308
- Author
- Poussin, Nicholas (French)
- Title
- Landscape with Ruins
- Chronology
- Ca. 1634
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 72 cm x 98 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
This allegorical landscape alludes
to the glories of the city of Rome.
In the foreground, in front of an
Etruscan sarcophagus symbolizing
the origin of Roman civilization, a
figure points out the path leading
to the classical buildings in the
background.
A Frenchman living in Rome, Poussin
studied Raphael and classical
Antiquity, which were the main
sources of his work.
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