The world of Bacchus by Nicolas PoussinIn Poussin, Bacchus goes through birth, childhood, triumph, love of Ariadne and destiny of Midas: the energy of the bacchanal remains guided by drawing, story and a scholarly classical order.
1594 - 1665Life of Nicolas Poussin
1624Sustainable installation in Rome
1625 - 1636Great period of Bacchic inventions
€2,000 worksPaintings, cycles, landscapes, drawings and studies created, overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
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Ovid, bacchanal and classical composition · 1594 -1665
In Poussin, Bacchus goes through birth, childhood, triumph, love of Ariadne and destiny of Midas: the energy of the bacchanal remains guided by drawing, story and a scholarly classical order.
Nicolas Poussin was born in Andelys in 1594 and settled in Rome in 1624. His first Roman years gave a major place to Bachic subjects, nourished by Ovid, Antiquity, sculpted reliefs and Titian's Bacchanalia. The color is often warmer, the touch more supple and the movement more sensual than in his mature classical works. Bacchus, however, never appears as a simple pretext for abandonment. In Bacchus and Ariadne, painted around 1625 -1626, the god welcomes Ariadne abandoned by Theseus on his chariot; bacchantes, satyrs, menades, music and libations continue the march around the couple. The profusion remains organized like a frieze where each figure occupies a specific function. The scenes from childhood show the god fed by nymphs and satyrs, with goat's milk or grape juice. The Birth of Bacchus and the Death of Narcissus brings two episodes of Ovid closer together in order to meditate on the beginning, transformation and disappearance. The Triumph of Bacchus, prepared by several drawings and intended for Richelieu in the 1630s, amplifies the procession in monumental composition. Studies reveal Poussin's cerebral process: volumes, diagonals and intervals are adjusted before color animates the whole. Midas in front of Bacchus finally shifts the theme towards the deceptive desire for wealth and its consequences. This variety shows that the god of wine is also in Poussin the god of metamorphosis, theater, poetry and natural cycles. Party, learning, love and punishment allow the painter to combine Venetian sensuality and classical thought, without neutralizing the energy of dancing bodies. The selection "Bacchus by Nicolas Poussin" notably compares Bacchus and Ariadne - Nicolas Poussin and The Birth of Bacchus and the Death of Narcissus - Nicolas Poussin. His reading favors color.
Poussin does not oppose drunkenness and order: he makes the bacchanal a living architecture where movement itself becomes thought.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Rome, Titian and Ovid free the bacchanal
Venetian color, ancient relief and poetry nourish Ariadne, childhood and birth of the god. This milestone illuminates the "Bacchus by Nicolas Poussin" collection by favoring color.
The drawing transforms the party into classic order
Numerous studies, triumphs and dance groups make up an increasingly structured energy.
Midas and landscapes extend the moral significance
Bacchus now connects desire, punishment, nature and philosophy beyond just the festive procession.
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Living frieze
The bodies follow one another like an ancient relief animated by diagonals and counter-movements. This line guides a reading of "Bacchus by Nicolas Poussin" centered on color.
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Narrative gesture
Each hand, look or inclination explains a specific action of the mythological story.
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Venetian color
Reds, blues and warm flesh give the first bacchanals a sensuality inherited from Titian.
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Preparatory study
Drawing and washing regulate volumes, rhythm and space before executing the painting.
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Six readings specific to Bacchus by Nicolas Poussin
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Bacchus by Nicolas Poussin.
Ariadne01
Abandonment becomes divine encounter
Bacchus welcomes Ariadne while the procession continues music, dance and libation.
For great narration. Reading of "Bacchus by Nicolas Poussin" through color.Birth02
Two destinies of Ovid respond to each other
Beginning of Bacchus and death of Narcissus bring life, beauty and transformation closer together.
For a poetic readingTriumph03
The procession reaches the monumental scale
Char, animals and dancers organize excess according to rigorous architecture.
For a big wallChildhood04
The god learns through milk and grapes
Nymphs, satyrs and animals combine care, nature and the future of wine.
For a tender sceneApproach05
Follow gesture, diagonal and interval
The reading becomes clear when each figure is understood as an element of a collective rhythm.
To deepen the compositionFormat06
Maintain procession traffic
A generous reproduction preserves small characters, landscape and sequence of gestures.
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