Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun by Nicolas Poussin — Nicolas Poussin. Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun

by Nicolas Poussin

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Artist: Nicolas Poussin (French, Les Andelys 1594–1665 Rome)
Date: 1658
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 7/8 x 72 in. (119.1 x 182.9 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1924
Accession no.: 24.45.1

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