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TITLE:    Le Parnasse
ARTIST: N. Poussin
SIZE:       75.5" x 53.5"
PIECES:  8000
PRICE:    $126
MADE BY: Educa
DESCRIPTION:  Poussin painted this canvas during his first years in Rome, between 1631 and 1633, using in it the same composition and the same theme as those of a fresco work painted by Rafael in the Vatican. This work, now in the Prado Museum in Madrid, shows Mount Parnassus, close to the source of the spring of Castalia, with a group of Greek gods and the principal poets, muses, etc. Poussin describes a serene, luminous image, with smooth subtle colors and the figures perfectly arranged in space. It is the most perfect example of the classicism practiced during the French baroque.