The Triumph of David Poussin His reputation remained exceptionally high

His reputation remained exceptionally high throughout the 18th century and into the 19th: when Dulwich's founders

is probably more of a general comment on Rembrandt's ability to seduce his viewers with an illusion than a strictly factual anecdote

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she was not inevitably destined to be Queen and was frequently pitied as a fatherless child

The Triumph of David Poussin His reputation remained exceptionally highIn the Triumph of David, Poussin takes as his starting point two texts from the Book of Samuel, creating one of his most theatrical and elegant compositions. An ancient temple provides the architectural backdrop against which the action is staged. Above the podium of the temple, rhythmically interspersed between the fluted columns, men and women rejoice at David's triumphal entry. A crowd of spectators occupies the foreground and witnesses the event;