Et in Arcadia ego (Poussin)
Videos
Et in Arcadia ego is a 1637–38 painting by Classical painter Nicolas Poussin. It depicts a pastoral scene with idealized shepherds from classical antiquity, and a woman, possibly a shepherdess, gather
Nicolas Poussin Et in Arcadia ego
Guercino's version of the subject (c. 1618–1622)
Poussin's 1627 version of the Et in Arcadia ego, in Chatsworth House, depicting a different tomb with the same inscription
The Shugborough relief, adapted from an engraving of Poussin's second version
Nicolas Poussin
Videos
Nicolas Poussin 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 f
Et in Arcadia ego (Poussin)
…Et in Arcadia ego (also known as Les bergers d'Arcadie or The Arcadian Shepherds) is a 1637–38 painting by Classical painter Nicolas Poussin. It depicts a pastoral scene with idealized shepherds from classical antiquity, and a woman, possibly a shepherdess, gathered around an austere tomb…
Self-portrait by Poussin, 1650
Death of Germanicus, 1628, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Venus and Adonis, c. 1628–1629, Kimbell Art Museum
The Inspiration of the Poet, 1629–30, Louvre