Poussin

American  

[poo-san] / puˈsɛ̃ /

noun

1. Nicolas 1594–1655, French painter.

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Poussin ¹ British  

/ pusɛ̃ /

noun

1. Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). 1594–1665, French painter, regarded as a leader of French classical painting. He is best known for the austere historical and biblical paintings and landscapes of his later years

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poussin ² British  

/ pusɛ̃ /

noun

1. a young chicken reared for eating

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Etymology

Origin of poussin

from French

Example Sentences

The museum said the leak - from a heating pipe - was stopped shortly after midnight and the only painting damaged was Charles Meynier's The Apotheosis of Poussin, Le Sueur and Le Brun.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Thompson may have felt a profound kinship with her as an artist — and with Poussin, too.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022

But in his art, Giacometti was exacting and fastidious, bowing before a classical impulse that ran from ancient Egypt and archaic Greece through the classical French tradition, from Poussin to Cézanne and Matisse.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2022

The painting attributed to the circle of Poussin stayed at the institute until 2012, and has now returned to its owner.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020

Poussin and Pietro Testa are here more or less objects of aversion, in proportion to the greater or less energy they exerted.

From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by Knowles, John