Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake (Poussin)

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"Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake" is a dramatic 1648 oil painting by Nicolas Poussin that exemplifies his classical landscape style and exploration of sudden violence within an ordered natural setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artForm painting
artHistoricalSignificance key example of Poussin’s classical landscape style
artisticGoal exploration of emotion through controlled composition
harmonizing dramatic narrative with idealized nature
artworkSurface canvas
centuryOfCreation 17th century
colorPalette muted earth tones
composition carefully structured classical landscape
countryOfOrigin France
creator Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin
surface form: Poussin, Nicolas
creatorNationality French
dateOfCreation 1648
depicts dramatic scene in a landscape
figures reacting to a sudden death
man killed by a snake
sudden violence in nature
genre landscape painting
hasInfluenceOn later landscape painting theory
hasTitle Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake (Poussin) self-link
surface form: Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake
inception 1648
languageOfTitle English
medium oil on canvas
movement Classicism
narrativeFocus violent death within a serene setting
notableFor contrast between ordered nature and violent event
integration of figures into a structured landscape
originalTitleLanguage French
painter Nicolas Poussin
partOf Poussin’s late landscapes
period Baroque
style classical landscape
subjectMatter mythological or ambiguous narrative
theme human vulnerability in nature
order and chaos
sudden death

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Courtauld Gallery notableWorkInCollection Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake (Poussin)
Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake (Poussin) hasTitle Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake (Poussin) self-link
subject surface form: Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake
this entity surface form: Landscape with a Man Killed by a Snake