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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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 Musée du Louvre ⓘ
linked to: Louvre Museum
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 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 (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 (earlier version, Chatsworth) ⓘ
linked to: The Arcadian Shepherds