Study of a Palm Tree (recto); Mountain Landscape (verso), ca. 1635–40, Pen and brown ink, over traces of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), 8 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (20.5 x 25.8 cm), Drawings, Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome), This rare, double-sided sheet comprises two studies by Nicolas Poussin, a founding figure of the French grand manner. It is part of a small group of surviving landscape drawings, presumably made in plein air, that offer evidence that Poussin's classicizing landscapes were based on the direct observation of nature
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Study, Palm Tree, recto, Mountain Landscape, verso, ca, 1635–40, Pen, brown ink, traces, black chalk, pen, 8 1/16 x 10 3/16, 20.5 25.8 cm, Drawings, Nicolas Poussin, French, Les Andelys, 1594–1665, Rome, rare, double-sided sheet, comprises, two, studies, founding figure, French grand, manner, part, small group, surviving landscape, drawings, presumably, plein air, offer evidence, Poussin, classicizing landscapes, based, direct observation, nature
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