Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658, Oil on canvas, 46 7/8 x 72 in. (119.1 x 182.9 cm), Paintings, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), For his depiction of the gigantic hunter, painted for Michel Passart, Poussin drew on the Greek writer Lucian: 'Orion who is blind, is carrying Cedalion, and the latter, riding on his back, is showing him the way to the sunlight
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Blind Orion Searching, Rising Sun, 1658, Oil, canvas, 46 7/8 x 72, 119.1 182.9 cm, Paintings, Nicolas Poussin, French, Les Andelys, 1594–1665, Rome, depiction, gigantic hunter, painted, Michel Passart, Poussin drew, Greek writer Lucian, Orion, blind, carrying Cedalion, latter, riding, back, showing, way, sunlight
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