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

Poussin plays an outsize role in a number of major works that respond to the French Baroque classicist’s elaborate paintings, which are based on ancient religious and mythological stories.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022

In 2010, Mr. Salort-Pons borrowed a 17th century painting valued at $500,000, “An Allegory of Autumn,” attributed to the circle of the French artist Nicolas Poussin.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020

Tucked betwixt it all is the newspaper clipping that started it all — a New York Times article from 1999 titled, “From Poussin to Capon a Chicken in Every Size.”

From Washington Post • May 3, 2019

Poussin and Salvator Rosa would have seated themselves afresh at every twist of the glen, and sketched the new picture which it unfolded.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various