Nicolas Poussin's “Miracle de saint François Xavier” at the Louvre
THE BROOKLYN RAIL
Normally an exhibition review focuses on the art on display, but it is impossible to understand Poussin et Dieu without knowing about the long history of diverse champions Poussin has attracted. At the entrance to the show, immediately after Poussin’s “Self-Portrait” (1649 – 50), is the large “The Miracle of St. François Xavier”(1641), often dismissed as a marginal clerical commission. If the show’s theme is Poussin and God, then why have these pictures been included in the exhibition? And why are the paintings shown out of chronological order? [link]
Musée du Louvre: "Poussin et Dieu," Paris | April 2 – June 29, 2015
By David Carrier
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| Nicolas Poussin, “Miracle de saint François Xavier” (1641). Oil on canvas, 174 2/3 × 92 1/6˝. © Musée du Louvre. |
Musée du Louvre: "Poussin et Dieu," Paris | April 2 – June 29, 2015
