Saturday, April 9, 2011

Pierre-Charles Poussin - Pardon Day in Brittany [1851]


The subject is associated with the feast held in honour of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours at Guingamp, which takes place on the first Sunday in July and the preceding Saturday. Pierre-Charles Poussin (1819 – 1904) was born in Paris, and taught by Léon Cogniet. He exhibited at the Salon from 1842.

[Oil on canvas, 146 x 327 cm]

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