尼古拉·普桑认领

在1660年至1664年间，普桑为红衣主教黎塞留公爵迪克·黎塞留的儿子画了最后四幅油画《四季》。它们是在普桑生命的最后几年创作的，在这期间他遭受了手部颤抖，这使得绘画的过程缓慢而痛苦。这些画中的意象展现了大自然的生命和力量，反映了普桑对外部世界的哲学解读。除了四季之外，还有一天的四个时间:清晨、中午、黄昏和夜晚。这四幅画(《春》、《夏》、《秋》、《冬》)目前都存放在巴黎的卢浮宫博物馆里。《冬》（洪水）是四幅画中的其中一幅。在这幅高度原创的画作中，普桑描绘了洪水大灾难的可怕场景。作品描绘了洪水淹没了平原的场景，最后的几处岩石也即将被洪水淹没。水面不断上升而让人感到越来越不安。在这个晚上，月光下的一切都被深浅不同的蓝灰色所渲染，不远处的天空正电闪雷鸣。远处水面上漂浮着的诺亚方舟呈现出模糊的轮廓，画面近处是参差不齐的岩石和树木，以及湍急的瀑布和水流。在水中的受困者不断地挣扎，企图要在洪水将其淹没之前找到一个安身之处，但这已是徒劳。在画面的左侧，一条蛇盘亘在岩石上，引起了人们的恐惧感。蛇的存在也作为一个暗示，即在伊甸园中，它是罪恶的化身。

The Seven Sacraments is a set of seven paintings by Nicolas Poussin, illustrating the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Poussin created two sets of seven sacraments, the first if which was commissioned by Cassiano del Pozzo, an Italian scholar and art collector, and the set was later sold to the Dukes of Rutland in the 18th century. All of the seven paintings remain except for “Penance,” which was destroyed in a fire at the Rutland Belvoir Castle in 1816. “Baptism” was sold to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 1939. The remaining five paintings reside together at the National Gallery in London.

The Seven Sacraments is a set of seven paintings by Nicolas Poussin, illustrating the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. Poussin created two sets of seven sacraments, the first if which was commissioned by Cassiano del Pozzo, an Italian scholar and art collector, and the set was later sold to the Dukes of Rutland in the 18th century. All of the seven paintings remain except for “Penance,” which was destroyed in a fire at the Rutland Belvoir Castle in 1816. “Baptism” was sold to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 1939. The remaining five paintings reside together at the National Gallery in London.