Poussin was the chief exponent of a classicist strain of Baroque art which runs counter to our understanding of that epoch due to the restrained quality of its pathos, a characteristic learned from antique art. He spent most of his life in Rome…

On account of his meticulous representation of flora and fauna, this artist was also known as “Flower Bruegel” and “Paradise Bruegel”. He painted Latona and the Lycian Peasants in 1601, soon after he had returned from Italy and established himself…