The Seven Sacraments

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The Seven Sacraments is a series of paintings by Nicolas Poussin that depict the seven central rites of the Catholic Church in a classical, rigorously composed style.

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Seven Sacraments 1
The Seven Sacraments canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf religious artwork series
series of paintings
artForm easel painting
artHistoricalSignificance important example of French classical Baroque painting
major work of Nicolas Poussin
artStyle classical
rigorously composed
associatedArtist Nicolas Poussin
compositionCharacteristics architectural settings
balanced composition
carefully ordered figures
countryOfOrigin France
creator Nicolas Poussin
creatorNationality French
depicts seven sacraments of the Catholic Church
depictsSacrament Baptism
Confirmation
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Eucharist

Extreme Unction
Holy Orders
Matrimony
Penance
genre history painting
religious painting
hasPart Baptism (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
Confirmation (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
Eucharist (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
Extreme Unction (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
Marriage (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
Ordination (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
Penance (painting by Nicolas Poussin)
iconographicTradition Catholic iconography
intendedAudience Catholic patrons
intendedFunction devotional art
languageOfInscriptions Latin
medium oil painting
movement Baroque
numberOfWorks 7
period 17th century
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
subjectMatter Catholic liturgy
Christian rites
theologicalContext Catholic sacramental theology

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Nicolas Poussin notableWork The Seven Sacraments
Extreme Unction isOneOf The Seven Sacraments
this entity surface form: Seven Sacraments