Nicolas Poussin : Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint
Auteur(s) : Pierre Rosenberg, Christel Dupuy
A leading figure in French classicism, Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) revolutionised painting in the Grand Siècle with his intellectual rigour. Long perceived as an austere artist reserved for scholars, he emerged from obscurity in 1960 to re-establish himself as a major figure of classical modernity. His work, in which every gesture serves a scholarly narrative, is now back in the spotlight.
For more than fifty years, Pierre Rosenberg has been passionate about the work of Nicolas Poussin, to whom he has devoted numerous articles and exhibitions. Richly illustrated, this four-volume catalogue raisonné of the artist's painted work aims to bring together everything we know today about Nicolas Poussin's work.
Each of the some three hundred entries presents a detailed provenance of the work, its dating, an exhaustive list of preparatory drawings and copies, and offers a stylistic analysis of the work and its place in the evolution of the painter's thinking.
