Extreme Unction (Poussin)
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title:
Extreme Unction (Poussin)
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Extreme Unction is one of a set of seven scenes representing the sacraments of the Catholic Church, painted between 1638 and 1640 by the French artist Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665). Commissioned in Rome by the renowned connoisseur Cassiano dal Pozzo, the scene depicts a dying man being anointed with oil in accordance with the rites of the early Roman church. To enhance the realism of the scene, Poussin drew on his extensive study of the art and artefacts of classical antiquity to represent the cos
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Painting by Nicolas Poussin
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_Unction_(Poussin)
date created:
2012-11-23T20:23:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T23:24:32Z
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