Curator’s note
Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun
A mythological landscape by the French classical master Nicolas Poussin. It depicts the blind giant hunter Orion striding toward the rising sun to restore his sight, blending myth and grand nature with Poussin's poetic order.
Source: Arterra 큐레이션
- Date
- 1658
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46 7/8 x 72 in. (119.1 x 182.9 cm)
- On view
- Gallery 638
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