The Funeral of Phocion
Nicolas Poussin · 1648
Why it's great
Two men carry a dead general's body in a stretcher through a stunning landscape, with a city in the distance. Nicolas Poussin painted it in 1648, and the people at the scene hide in the distance.
Where to see it
📍 National Museum CardiffCastle, Wales
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Nicolas Poussin was a French painter born in Les Andelys in 1594. He moved to Rome as a young man and spent most of his life there, painting calm, well-planned scenes from ancient history and mythology that set the standard for classical painting. He died in Rome in 1665.
