Plague of Ashdod — Poussin Area Rug
Plague of Ashdod — Poussin Area Rug
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The Plague of Ashdod, also known as The Miracle of the Ark in the Temple of Dagon, is a large history painting by the French Baroque master Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665), painted around 1630–1631 while he was working in Rome. It illustrates a scene from the First Book of Samuel, in which the Philistines, having captured the Ark of the Covenant and installed it in the temple of their god Dagon at Ashdod, are struck by plague while the idol of Dagon is found toppled before it. Poussin composed the scene during an actual outbreak of plague in Italy, giving its crowded, architectural composition an unusually vivid sense of civic disaster and divine judgment. The painting is one of Poussin's most admired early Roman history paintings and hangs today in the Louvre in Paris.
Printed edge to edge on a soft, durable woven area rug with a comfortable, non-slip feel.
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My husband spotted this months ago and I finally gave in. Everything that makes Plague of Ashdod special survived the reproduction. The finish is even and flawless right to the edges.
I was expecting good and got great. The tones across Plague of Ashdod are even and true right to the corners. The fringe on this rug is neat and has stayed that way through two washes. It looks like something you would find in a very good museum shop. It is the best thing in the living room now.
The warm neutral matches what I saw on my monitor closely enough. The tones across Plague of Ashdod are even and deep.