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'Et in Arcadia Ego', c1650. Artist: Nicolas Poussin

'Et in Arcadia Ego', c1650. The painting, also known as 'The Arcadian Shepherds', shows a Greek mythological scene in which a group of shepherds inspects an inscribed coffin. Et in Arcadia Ego has variously been translated as I, too, in Arcadia, I am also in Arcadia or I am even in Arcadia. One interpretation of the meaning is that the person buried in the tomb has lived in Arcadia, that is, the dead person once enjoyed the pleasures of life on earth.

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Title:

'Et in Arcadia Ego', c1650. Artist: Nicolas Poussin

Caption:

'Et in Arcadia Ego', c1650. The painting, also known as 'The Arcadian Shepherds', shows a Greek mythological scene in which a group of shepherds inspects an inscribed coffin. Et in Arcadia Ego has variously been translated as I, too, in Arcadia, I am also in Arcadia or I am even in Arcadia. One interpretation of the meaning is that the person buried in the tomb has lived in Arcadia, that is, the dead person once enjoyed the pleasures of life on earth.

Personalities:

NICOLAS POUSSIN

Credit:

Album / Art Media / Heritage Images

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Image size:

4948 x 3530 px | 50.0 MB

Print size:

41.9 x 29.9 cm | 16.5 x 11.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

17TH CENTURY • AGRICULTURE • ARCADIA • CENTURY • COFFIN • COLOR • COLOUR • CONCEPT • DEATH • FEMALE • GESTURE • GREEK MYTHOLOGY • GUY • INSCRIPTION • LADY • LATIN • MALE • MAN • MEN • MYTHOLOGY • NICHOLAS POUSSIN • NICOLAS POUSSIN • NICOLAS • PEOPLE • POINTING • POUSSIN • SEVENTEENTH CENTURY • SHEPHERD • WOMAN • WOMEN