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Bust of Nicolas Poussin
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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.
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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 |
Coordinates | 52°31′19″N 13°23′41″E |
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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]