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FRANCE.] POUSSIN.
sailles, are, perhaps, the only pieces he ever executed in
which the figures are of the natural size.
He had already began to paint for the gallery, but soon
found that any further residence in Paris would be into-
lerable, from the continual cabals excited against him
by his numerous rivals, particularly by Vouet, Fou-
qui^res, and the architect Le Mercier, whose plans and
dispositions he had altogether changed. He was desirous
of returning to Rome, where he alone could enjoy that
freedom and tranquillity which he had so imprudently
renounced; and at length obtained permission from the
court to return thither, under the pretext of escorting his
wife in order to settle in . France., But soon after his
arrival at Rome, being apprized of the King’s death, and
the resignation of Mons. Denoyers, he absolutely re-
fused to return, and resisted every intreaty that was made
to him that he would complete the projected gallery.
He had then resided twenty years at Rome, and the twenty
years more during which he continued to live in that
city, were employed in the uninterrupted labours of his
profession. Having thus acquired, by his genius, the
admiration of the learned and men of taste, and conci-
liated, by the candour and liberality of his mind, the
love and esteem of those who were intimate with him, he
died November 19, 1665, at the age of seventy-one
years and five months. He was buried in the church of
St. Lorenzo in lucina. His bust has been placed in the
Pantheon by Monsieur Dagincour, a French amateur.
Though the patient assiduity of Poussin was well
known, we cannot but wonder at the great number of
pictures which he has produced, when it is considered
that he was never assisted in the execution of either,
sailles, are, perhaps, the only pieces he ever executed in
which the figures are of the natural size.
He had already began to paint for the gallery, but soon
found that any further residence in Paris would be into-
lerable, from the continual cabals excited against him
by his numerous rivals, particularly by Vouet, Fou-
qui^res, and the architect Le Mercier, whose plans and
dispositions he had altogether changed. He was desirous
of returning to Rome, where he alone could enjoy that
freedom and tranquillity which he had so imprudently
renounced; and at length obtained permission from the
court to return thither, under the pretext of escorting his
wife in order to settle in . France., But soon after his
arrival at Rome, being apprized of the King’s death, and
the resignation of Mons. Denoyers, he absolutely re-
fused to return, and resisted every intreaty that was made
to him that he would complete the projected gallery.
He had then resided twenty years at Rome, and the twenty
years more during which he continued to live in that
city, were employed in the uninterrupted labours of his
profession. Having thus acquired, by his genius, the
admiration of the learned and men of taste, and conci-
liated, by the candour and liberality of his mind, the
love and esteem of those who were intimate with him, he
died November 19, 1665, at the age of seventy-one
years and five months. He was buried in the church of
St. Lorenzo in lucina. His bust has been placed in the
Pantheon by Monsieur Dagincour, a French amateur.
Though the patient assiduity of Poussin was well
known, we cannot but wonder at the great number of
pictures which he has produced, when it is considered
that he was never assisted in the execution of either,