The Death of Germanicus

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The Death of Germanicus is a 1627 history painting by Nicolas Poussin that dramatically depicts the dying Roman general Germanicus surrounded by grieving soldiers and family, exemplifying the artist’s classical style and moral seriousness.

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La Mort de Germanicus 1
The Death of Germanicus canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting
painting
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalSignificance key early masterpiece of Nicolas Poussin
artworkStyle classical style
basedOn the death of Germanicus as recounted by Tacitus
catalogCode Minneapolis Institute of Art accession number 58.28
collection Minneapolis Institute of Art collection
colorPalette restrained palette with strong chiaroscuro
commissionedBy Francesco Barberini (cardinal)
surface form: Cardinal Francesco Barberini
countryOfOrigin France
creator Nicolas Poussin
depicts Germanicus
Germanicus
surface form: Roman general Germanicus Julius Caesar

Roman soldiers
classical architecture background
deathbed scene
family of Germanicus
loyalty of soldiers
moral virtue
mourning
depictsTimePeriod Roman Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Rome
dimension 147 cm height
198 cm width
genre history painting
inception 1627
influenced 18th-century French history painters
inspiredBy Annals by Tacitus
languageOfTitle French
location Minneapolis Institute of Art
mainSubject Germanicus on his deathbed
grief of soldiers and family
materialUsed oil paint
movement Classicism
notableFor dramatic composition
influence on later history painting
moral seriousness
originalLocation Palazzo Barberini, Rome
portrays Germanicus exhorting his friends before death
surface canvas
theme heroic death
loyalty and betrayal
stoic virtue
titleInFrench The Death of Germanicus self-linksurface differs
surface form: La Mort de Germanicus

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Nicolas Poussin notableWork The Death of Germanicus
The Death of Germanicus titleInFrench The Death of Germanicus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La Mort de Germanicus