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The Inspiration of the Poet
1629 — Department of Paintings of the Louvre; Louvre Museum; Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes; Thomas Charles Hope; Cardinal Mazarin; Armand de Madaillan · ParisThe Inspiration of the Poet is an oil-on-canvas in the classical style by the artist Nicolas Poussin, painted between 1629 and 1630. It is held and exhibited at the Louvre, in Paris.
Subject
Apollo citharoedus, laurel wreath, quill, putto, Calliope, lyre, Mount Parnassus, Aeneid, poet, Odyssey, tree, Iliad, Virgil, sky, woman