EMILE MAGNE "NICOLAS POUSSIN" 1st ED. ILLUST., Ex.137/500, 1914, PARIS, IN FRENCH.
NICOLAS POUSSIN. PREMIER PEINTRE DU ROI 1594-1665:
(DOCUMENTS INEDITS). SUIVI D'UN CATALOGUE RAISONN
ET ACOMPAGN DE LA REPRODUCTION DE 145
DE SES TABLEAUX ET DESSINS, DE DEUX PORTRAITS,
AUTOGRAPHES ET AUTRES DOCUMENTS
Ex. # 137 of 500 copies.
G.VAN OEST & CIE, EDITEURS, BRUXELLES & PARIS
1914., 234 pp., 145 PLATES, ENGARAVED PORTRAIT ON FRONTISPIECE,
ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT
Thick folio, 35.5 x 28 x 6.8 cm.
HALF LEATHER, LEATHER EDGES, MARMORIAL COVER.
LITHOGRAPHED ENDPAPERS, ART PAPER. GOLD EDGES.
GILDED LETTERING TO SPINE AND DECORATION,
RARE LUXURIOUS LIMITED EDITION!
COVER & SPINE WORN, RUBBED, CHIPPED TO EDGES
FRONTISPIECE FOXED.
FIRST PAGES SLIGHTLY SOILED.
SOME PLATES WITH FOXING STAINES
ENDPAPES SLIGHTLY FOXED,
REAR ENDPAPER WITH TEAR
WEIGHT: 4500gr.
Nicolas Poussin (UK: /?pu?sæ?/, US: /pu??sæ?/,[1][2] French: [nik?la pus??]; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a small group of Italian and French collectors. He returned to Paris for a brief period to serve as First Painter to the King under Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, but soon returned to Rome and resumed his more traditional themes. In his later years he gave growing prominence to the landscape in his paintings. His work is characterized by clarity, logic, and order, and favors line over color. Until the 20th century he remained a major inspiration for such classically-oriented artists as Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Paul Cézanne.