Nicolas Poussin Quote

Of painting:

An imitation in lines and colors on any surface of all that is to be found under the sun.


Letter to M. de Chambray, 1665; In: Correspondance de Nicolas Poussin (1911), edited by C. Jouamy


An imitation in lines and colors on any surface of all that is to be found under the sun.

An imitation in lines and colors on any surface of all that is to be found under the sun.

An imitation in lines and colors on any surface of all that is to be found under the sun.

An imitation in lines and colors on any surface of all that is to be found under the sun.