Nicolas Colombel

1644 - 1717 French

Pittore classico francese poussiniano

Nicolas Colombel fu un pittore francese, fortemente influenzato da Poussin. Colombel nacque a Sotteville, vicino a Rouen, intorno al 1644. Si recò a Roma in giovane età e vi rimase fino al 1692, formando il proprio stile attraverso lo studio delle opere di Raffaello e Nicolas Poussin. I suoi dipinti ottennero un notevole successo, ma la maggior parte dei critici successivi lo liquidò come un semplice imitatore di Poussin. He was admitted into the Academy of St Luke at Rome in 1686, and in 1694 into that of Paris. The Louvre possesses the Mars and Rhea Sylvia, which he painted for his reception to the Academy, and a work representing the Saint Hyacinth Saving the Statue of the Virgin from the Enemies of the Name of Christ . He was employed by Louis XIV at both Versailles and Meudon. Many of his works were engraved by Dufloc, and by Michel Dossier. He died in Paris in 1717.