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NICHOLAS POUSSIN.
76
New Testament Subjects.
hand raised, points upwards, in allusion to the power which
accompanies the charge, while with the other he is presenting
the keys (symbols of that power) to St. Peter, who receives
them meekly on his knees. Four of the disciples stand
together on the farther side of St. Peter, a fifth is kneeling
with his hands crossed on his breast behind him; five others
stand together in two groups on the left, and the remaining
one, apparently kneeling, is perceived between them. The
view is bounded by the city of Caesarea, situate in a hilly
country. Engraved by Dughet and L. de Chatillon.
141. Extreme Unction. This affecting scene exhibits a
dying man extended on a couch; a priest, bending over him,
is administering the solemn ceremony of anointing his hands
and eyes with the consecrated unction. The minister is at-
tended by two youths, one of whom, kneeling, holds a large
open book ; the other stands with a torch in his hand. Among
the relations and friends, who surround the dying man, is a
female sitting at the foot of his couch, concealing her face
with her hand; three women are also at the head of the bed,
one of whom has a child in her arms; the remainder are on
the farther side of the couch bewailing the approaching dis-
solution of their relative. Engraved by Dughet and L. de
Chatillon.
3/L 3 in. by 5ft. 3 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir.
The preceding series of the Sacraments was the first set
which the artist painted. They were done expressly for the
Chevalier del Pozzo.
A Series of the Seven Sacraments was sold in the collection
of the Prince de Conti, 1777, for 3000/s., 120Z.
76
New Testament Subjects.
hand raised, points upwards, in allusion to the power which
accompanies the charge, while with the other he is presenting
the keys (symbols of that power) to St. Peter, who receives
them meekly on his knees. Four of the disciples stand
together on the farther side of St. Peter, a fifth is kneeling
with his hands crossed on his breast behind him; five others
stand together in two groups on the left, and the remaining
one, apparently kneeling, is perceived between them. The
view is bounded by the city of Caesarea, situate in a hilly
country. Engraved by Dughet and L. de Chatillon.
141. Extreme Unction. This affecting scene exhibits a
dying man extended on a couch; a priest, bending over him,
is administering the solemn ceremony of anointing his hands
and eyes with the consecrated unction. The minister is at-
tended by two youths, one of whom, kneeling, holds a large
open book ; the other stands with a torch in his hand. Among
the relations and friends, who surround the dying man, is a
female sitting at the foot of his couch, concealing her face
with her hand; three women are also at the head of the bed,
one of whom has a child in her arms; the remainder are on
the farther side of the couch bewailing the approaching dis-
solution of their relative. Engraved by Dughet and L. de
Chatillon.
3/L 3 in. by 5ft. 3 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir.
The preceding series of the Sacraments was the first set
which the artist painted. They were done expressly for the
Chevalier del Pozzo.
A Series of the Seven Sacraments was sold in the collection
of the Prince de Conti, 1777, for 3000/s., 120Z.