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Et In Arcadia Ego (2021)Oil painting by Nicolas Maureau

130 x 97 x 2cm (unframed) / 130 x 97cm (actual image size)

£2,604.9

Et In Arcadia Ego takes up the legend of the Shepherds of Arcadia. This pastoral scene was treated by Nicolas Poussin twice.
Shepherds living in the wonderful Greek region of Arcadia discover a tomb in the countryside bearing the inscription "Et in Arcadia Ego" (I also exist in Arcadia), thus realizing that they are mortal.
Nicolas Maureau gives a sober version, where awareness is internal.

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oil painting

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#male nude#bird#mythology#chain#vultures

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Et In Arcadia Ego takes up the legend of the Shepherds of Arcadia. This pastoral scene was treated by Nicolas Poussin twice.
Shepherds living in the wonderful Greek region of Arcadia discover a tomb in the countryside bearing the inscription "Et in Arcadia Ego" (I also exist in Arcadia), thus realizing that they are mortal.
Nicolas Maureau gives a sober version, where awareness is internal.

Materials used:

oil painting

Details:

Tags:

#male nude#bird#mythology#chain#vultures

Featured by our Editors:

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Nicolas Maureau

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My practice invites the public to explore the interaction between history, gender and human society through the prism of the art history in a resolutely contemporary way. Born in Dordogne... Read more

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