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
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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 Cardinal Francesco Barberini ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
creator Nicolas Poussin ⓘ
depicts Germanicus ⓘ
Roman general Germanicus Julius Caesar ⓘ
linked to: Germanicus

Roman soldiers ⓘ
classical architecture background ⓘ
deathbed scene ⓘ
family of Germanicus ⓘ
loyalty of soldiers ⓘ
moral virtue ⓘ
mourning ⓘ
depictsTimePeriod Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
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 La Mort de Germanicus ⓘ

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Nicolas Poussin → notableWork → The Death of Germanicus ⓘ
The Death of Germanicus → titleInFrench → La Mort de Germanicus ⓘ
linked to: The Death of Germanicus