Massacre of the Innocents (school of Poussin) Area Rug
Massacre of the Innocents (school of Poussin) Area Rug
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This double-sided sheet is catalogued as School of Nicolas Poussin: a composition study of the Massacre of the Innocents in pen and ink on the recto, with additional figure sketches on the verso, drawn by a follower working in Poussin's manner rather than by Poussin himself. The subject, Herod's slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem described in the Gospel of Matthew, was one Poussin treated in a celebrated painting of his own, now in the Musée Condé at Chantilly, and its dramatic violence and classical figure grouping made it a popular subject for study among his circle. Two-sided sheets like this one give a rare glimpse into the exploratory process behind Baroque history painting. It is held in the Art Institute of Chicago's Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection.
Printed edge to edge on a soft, durable woven area rug with a comfortable, non-slip feel.
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The detail is genuinely impressive for what I paid. Only the far edges of Massacre of the Innocents lose a little crispness.
This is my fourth order from this shop and the standard has not slipped once. I bought this for Massacre of the Innocents and got far more than I paid for. It has not faded at all in a room that gets brutal afternoon light.
This is exactly what I was looking for, and I looked for a long time. My guests ask about Massacre of the Innocents before anything else in the house. Perfect from start to finish.
The colors are richer in person than they look on a screen. The colors in Massacre of the Innocents are richer than any version I found online. It has made every other thing in that room look better by association. Our driver leaves everything at the end of a long gravel driveway and it still arrived in perfect shape. I will absolutely be ordering from here again.
I was expecting good and got great… ⭐