Nicolas Poussin 1594 - 1665 French Baroque Art Venus Paintings

Nicolas Poussin 1594 - 1665 French Baroque Art Venus Paintings

Today, I wanted to review some of the paintings by Nicolas Poussin. He was a french baroque artist. He mostly undertook classical and biblical subjects. Most of his painting career was spent in Rome. He died with a relative good amount of wealth. I think that is everything worth mentioning about Poussin. His artwork was far more interesting than his life. As such, I will now rate some paintings about Venus.




The first painting shows "Venus and Adonis". It is hosted in Texas, Fort Worth. In the Kimbell Art Museum. For those that do not know, Adonis was a shepherd that Venus liked. Here we see her playing around with her lover. Her chariot can be seen in the background. For decoration, we see some Cupids playing around.  The two cupids in the foreground are playing with a dove. It is the symbol of Venus. The entire scenery is pretty cute. This lovely Venus  painting deserves 5 stars rating.

Here is another lovely Venus painting. While Venus slept, some fauns surprised her. You can see them looking at her from behind the bushes. On the meantime, her two Cupids are trying to wake her up. They wish to warn her of the fauns' presence. Beside one of them, we see an empty basin and a platter. This shows that Venus is drunk with ambrosia. This cute painting by Nicolas Poussin deserves 5 stars rating.

This painting shows "Mars and Venus". This was a very popular classical subject during those days. Like you all know, here we see Venus with her lover, Mars. Her Cupids are disarming him. By the river, we see a nymph and the river god. They are all watching the scene. The elaborate scenery works well a lot. This lovely painting by Poussin deserves 5 stars rating.

Here is another painting featuring the sleeping Venus. Here the fauns or Satyrs are a bit more direct. The satyr is removing the sheets to get a better look at her. For a background, we see two lovers eating grapes. This lovely painting deserves 5 stars rating.

This last painting is a scene from Virgil's Poem: The Aeneid. The scene is a ripoff of the Illiad. Like Thetis, Venus is giving weapons to her son. The goddess looks pretty cool flying around. The Roman armor is also very well made. This last lovely Venus painting deserves 5 stars rating. I hope that you liked these featured Poussin paintings. I have more