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Born June 1594 • France
Died November 19, 1665 (aged 71) • Rome • Italy
Notable Works “Eliezer and Rebecca” • “The Adoration of the Magi” • “The Death of Germanicus” • “The Death of the Virgin” • “The Holy Family on the Steps” • “The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus”
Movement / Style Baroque art and architecture • Louis XIII style • Louis XIV style

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Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
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Nicholas Poussin: The Holy Family on the Steps
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German artist
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Wolf Huber
Austrian artist
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German painter
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Jan van Eyck
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Netherlandish painter
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Netherlandish painter
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Italian painter
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German painter
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German artist
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Italian painter
Virginia da Vezzo, the Artist's Wife, as the Magdalen, oil on canvas by Simon Vouet, c. 1627; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 101.6 × 78.74 cm.
Simon Vouet
French painter
Coello, Claudio: Adoration of the Holy Eucharist
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