The Manna (Poussin)

Painting by Nicolas Poussin

The Manna, by Poussin, 149 x 200 cm

The Manna (French: La Manne), formerly titled The Israelites Gathering Manna in the Desert (Les Israélites recueillant la manne dans le désert), is an oil painting by Poussin, dated to 1638 or 1639, which is now in the Louvre, Paris.[1] The work is regarded as one of Poussin's most ambitious.[2]

## Description[edit]

Scene: a rocky desert, with high cliffs and trees on each side, and the tents of Israel in a valley in background; in middle ground, Moses and Aaron, with people prostrating themselves before them; in foreground, men, women, and children gathering manna.[3]

## Provenance[edit]

Engraving by Guillaume Chasteau, 44.5 x 62.5 cm

Painted in Rome in 1638 or 1639 for Paul Fréart de Chantelou; whence passed to Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances to Louis XIV.[1] Engraved by G. Chasteau (1680); B. Audran; Bern; H. Testelin.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "La Manne (INV 7275 ; MR 2314)". Louvre.
2. ^ "Nicolas Poussin - French Painter, Classicism, Baroque | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
3. ^ a b Champlin & Perkins, eds. 1887, iii, p. 188.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Champlin, John Denison Jr.; Perkins, Charles C., eds. (1887). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. Vol. 3\. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 188.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Les Israélites recueillant la manne dans le désert - Poussin - Louvre INV 7275 at Wikimedia Commons

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* The Death of Chione (1622)
* The Battle between the Israelites and the Amorites (c. 1625)
* Joshua's Battle against the Amalekites (c. 1625)
* Venus and Adonis (1626)
* The Capture of Jerusalem by Titus (1626; 1635)
* The Death of Germanicus (1627)
* Saint Cecilia (1627–1628)
* Echo and Narcissus (1627–1628)
* The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus (1628–1629)
* The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (1628–1629)
* Plague of Ashdod (1628–1630)
* Cephalus and Aurora (c. 1629–1630)
* The Inspiration of the Poet (1629–1630)
* Sleeping Venus with Cupid (1628–1630)
* Saint James the Great's Vision of the Virgin Mary (1629–1630)
* Venus Weeping for Adonis (c. 1630)
* The Massacre of the Innocents (1625–1632)
* Parnassus (1631–1633)
* A Bacchanalian Revel Before a Term (1632–1633)
* The Adoration of the Golden Calf (1633–1634)
* Adoration of the Shepherds (1633–1634)
* The Crossing of the Red Sea (1633–1634)
* The Rape of the Sabine Women (1634–1635, 1637–1638)
* A Dance to the Music of Time (1634–1636)
* Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite (c. 1636)
* Camillus Handing the Falerian Schoolmaster over to his Pupils (1637)
* Et in Arcadia ego (1637–38)
* Seven Sacraments (first series 1637–1640; second series 1644–1648)
* Theseus Rediscovering His Father's Sword (1638)
* The Manna (1638–1639)
* Extreme Unction (1638–1640)
* The Continence of Scipio (1640)
* Landscape with Saint John on Patmos (1640)
* The Funeral of Phocion (1648)
* Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion (1648)
* Landscape with Polyphemus (1649)
* Landscape with Three Figures (1645–1650)
* Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice (1650–1653)
* The Flight into Egypt (1657–1658)
* Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun (1658)
* Landscape with Two Nymphs (1659)
* Landscape with Hercules and Cacus (c. 1660)
* The Four Seasons (1660–1664)
* Apollo and Daphne (1661–1664)

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