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record xmlns http:www.loc.govMARC21slim xmlns:xsi http:www.w3.org2001XMLSchema-instance xsi:schemaLocation http:www.loc.govstandardsmarcxmlschemaMARC21slim.xsd leader nkm 22 a 4500 controlfield tag 007 kh|mo| 008 s flunnn| ||||ineng datafield ind1 8 ind2 024 subfield code a A01-MFF0085 040 FHM 049 FHmm 1 100 Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665. e Artist : painter 0 245 Et in Arcadia Ego. 260 g 1637-39. 340 b 185 x 121 cm. c Oil on canvas. 500 Beginning Date: 1637. Completion Date: 1639. 520 Shepherds are seen before a tomb deciphering the inscription with an air of melancholy curiosity. The skull is no longer significant or is omitted. The words seem to imply an epitaph on the person, perhaps a shepherdess, who lies entombed: 'I too once lived in Arcady', an alteration to the meaning that somewhat stretches the grammar of the original Latin.In this version all sense of surprise has been removed, and instead, the shepherds are arranged in attitudes of contemplation round the tomb in the countryside. The artist has lost all interest in story-telling, and has concentrated on a totally static scene. No pleasure is taken in surface texture, and the whole is hard and cold, with the figures in statuesque poses. 4 651 Paris, France. 653 Style: French Baroque. School: Baroque. Movement: Baroque. French. Painting; 655 Painting 2 710 Musee du Louvre. ID=FPL 773 t Art and Art History Collection (Saskia) 787 Closeup-shepherd and shepherdess |