The Arcadian Shepherds

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The Arcadian Shepherds is a renowned 17th-century pastoral painting by Nicolas Poussin that meditates on mortality through the image of shepherds contemplating a tomb inscribed with the phrase "Et in Arcadia ego."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painting
oil painting
painting
pastoral painting
alsoKnownAs Et in Arcadia ego
Les Bergers d’Arcadie
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalPeriod 17th century
artist Nicolas Poussin
artStyle classical Baroque
city Paris
collection Louvre Museum
surface form: Musée du Louvre
completionPeriod 1630s
country France
countryOfOrigin France
creator Nicolas Poussin
currentLocation Louvre Museum
depictionContext idealized ancient Arcadia
depicts a rural landscape
a tomb
a woman
shepherds
genre pastoral art
hasMotto Et in Arcadia ego
iconographicType memento mori in pastoral setting
influenced later interpretations of Arcadia in art
inMuseumDepartment Department of Paintings
surface form: Paintings Department of the Louvre
inscription Et in Arcadia ego
languageOfInscription Latin
medium oil on canvas
movement French Baroque
notableFor integration of landscape and figure
philosophical meditation on death
use of classical composition
painter Nicolas Poussin
philosophicalContext Stoic reflection on death
relatedWorkByArtist The Arcadian Shepherds self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Arcadian Shepherds (earlier version, Chatsworth)
subject Arcadia
contemplation of death
idealized pastoral life
theme death
memento mori
mortality
the transience of life
yearCompleted c. 1637–1638

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Nicolas Poussin notableWork The Arcadian Shepherds
Et in Arcadia ego alsoKnownAs The Arcadian Shepherds
The Arcadian Shepherds relatedWorkByArtist The Arcadian Shepherds self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Arcadian Shepherds (earlier version, Chatsworth)