Acis and Galatea

Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1627-1628
Height:
98.0 cm  (38 9/16 in.)
Width:
137.0 cm  (53 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Ireland
    [Museum inv. no.: NGI.814]

Description

The painting shows the couple in each other's arms with nereids and cupids in attendance and a triton playing a conch shell. On a rock behind, Polyphemus disconsolately plays his panpipes.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Panpipe [4024]
Conch-shell trumpet [4389]

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Boydell, Barra. Music and paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin: The National Gallery of Ireland, 1985) 61. ISBN 0903162229. RILM 1985-00222.

RIdIM record id

2964