Date : 1658
Dimensions : 1,83 m x 1,19 m
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Fletcher Fund (1924)
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French Painting
Painting (Thème mythologique)
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France
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For his depiction of the gigantic hunter, Poussin drew on the Greek writer Lucian (De domo 27-29): "Orion, who is blind, is carrying Cedalion, and the latter, riding on his back, is showing him the way to the sunlight. The rising sun is healing [his] blindness."
Toward the end of his life, Poussin scrutinized pebbles, moss, flowers and plants, and his landscapes—such as this one, painted for Michel Passart in 1658—evoke the earth's early history in showing nature abundant and uncultivated.
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