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MS 434 04 06

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MS 434 04 06

Title

Anthony Powell archive: Powell's postcard copy of Poussin's 'A Dance to the Music of Time'

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Administrative / Biographical history

Nicoals Poussin was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style.

Date

[1905-2000]

Extent & medium

1 card in an envelope

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Anthony Powell's postcard copy of Poussin's oil painting 'A Dance to the Music of Time', now in The Wallace Collection, London. It was painted between 1634 and 1636. Much later, it became the inspiration for Powell's series of novels named after the painting. Nicolas Jenkins reflects upon the painting in the first two pages of 'A Question of Upbringing'.

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