A Roman Road

By Permission of the Trustees of Dulwich Picture Gallery

Nicolas Poussin, A Roman Road (1648) (Canvas, 79.3 x 100 cm). Now Number 203, Dulwich Gallery. In the Dulwich Picture Gallery Catalogue, Peter Murray considers the view that this painting, together with its pendant, Landscape with a man washing his feet at a fountain is a copy. X-rays have demonstrated that A Roman Road is painted over the beginnings of another painting by Poussin ( Murray, Dulwich Picture Gallery, pp.92-3). Others, including Anthony Blunt, have argued that both paintings are originals.

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Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665
Landscape with a Roman Road 1648
Oil on canvas, 79.3x100cm
Exhibitions: Paris, Louvre, Poussin, 1960 (84)
Provenance: Felibien suggested Chevalier de Lorraine as the owner, 1685; Desenfans 1802 Catalogue (55); Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
Further Comments: It is believed that 'A Roman Road' was executed by an imitator of Poussin's, and there are at least three other versions. This work was engraved by E. Baudet either before or in 1684.
Collection: Dulwich Picture Gallery, London