Consider one of the masterpieces of The Met collection, a painting by Nicolas Poussin, as a Met curator reflects on its meaning and shares new perspectives given the experience of our current moment.
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Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665). Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658. Oil on canvas, 46 7/8 x 72 in. (119.1 x 182.9 cm).The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1924 (24.45.1)
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Nicolas Poussin’s Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658
Consider one of the masterpieces of The Met collection, a painting by Nicolas Poussin, as a Met curator reflects on its meaning and shares new perspectives given the experience of our current moment.
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Nicolas Poussin
1658