Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Nicolas Poussin across 2 places, from 1617 to 1647.
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Nicolas Poussin (June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Nicolas Poussin was documented, and when
1617 to 1618period
Romeattested“He first tried to travel to Rome in 1617 or 1618, but made it only as far as Florence, where, as his biographer Bellori reported, "as a result of some sort of accident, he returned to France." On his return, he began making paintings for…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1623year
Romeattested“Marino took him into his household, and, when he returned to Rome in 1623, invited Poussin to join him.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1624 to 1630period
Romeattested“File:Nicolas Poussin - La Mort de Germanicus.jpg|Death of Germanicus, 1628, Minneapolis Institute of Art File:'Venus_and_Adonis',_oil_on_canvas_painting_by_Nicolas_Poussin,_c._1628-29,_Kimbell_Art_Museum.jpg|Venus and Adonis, –1629, Kimb…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1641 to 1642period
Romeattested“File:Poussin Miracle de saint François Xavier Louvre.jpg|The Miracle of Saint Francis Xavier, 1641, Louvre File:Nicolas Poussin - Le Temps soustrait la Vérité aux atteintes de l'Envie et de la Discorde.jpg|Time defending Truth from the a…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1641 to 1642period
Parisattested“File:Poussin Miracle de saint François Xavier Louvre.jpg|The Miracle of Saint Francis Xavier, 1641, Louvre File:Nicolas Poussin - Le Temps soustrait la Vérité aux atteintes de l'Envie et de la Discorde.jpg|Time defending Truth from the a…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1642 to 1664period
Romeattested“File:Landscape with orpheus and eurydice 1650-51.jpg|Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice, 1650–51 File:Poussin, Nicolas - Paysage avec Orion aveugle cherchant le soleil - 1658.jpg|Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658, Metropoli…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1647year
Romeattested“In 1647, André Félibien, the secretary of the French Embassy in Rome, became a friend and painting student of Poussin, and published the first book devoted entirely to his work.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
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1612year
Parismentioned“His parents apparently opposed a painting career for him, and around 1612, at the age of eighteen, he ran away to Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1617 to 1618period
Francementioned“He first tried to travel to Rome in 1617 or 1618, but made it only as far as Florence, where, as his biographer Bellori reported, "as a result of some sort of accident, he returned to France." On his return, he began making paintings for…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1622year
Romementioned“In 1622 made another attempt to go to Rome, but went only as far as Lyon before returning.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1624year
Parismentioned“Poussin remained in Paris to finish his earlier commissions, then arrived to Rome in the spring of 1624.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1625 to 1649period
Romementioned“File:Nicolas Poussin - Le massacre des Innocents - Google Art Project.jpg|Massacre of the Innocents, 1625–1629, Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly File:Seven Sacraments - Ordination II (1647) Nicolas Poussin.jpg|The Seven Sacraments – Ord…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1626year
Romementioned“Poussin became acquainted with other artists in Rome and tended to befriend those with classicizing artistic leanings: the French sculptor François Duquesnoy whom he lodged with in 1626 in via dei Maroniti; the French artist Jacques Stel…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1630year
Arcadiamentioned“One of the best-known examples is Et in Arcadia ego, a subject he painted in about 1630 and again in the late 1630s.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1631 to 1664period
Romementioned“File:Nicolas Poussin - The Empire of Flora - Google Art Project.jpg|The Empire of Flora, 1631, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden File:L'Enlèvement des Sabines – Nicolas Poussin – Musée du Louvre, INV 7290 – Q3110586.jpg|The Rape of th…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1635year
Arcadiamentioned“File:Nicolas Poussin 075.jpg|Renaud et Armide (Renaud and Armide), 1635, Pushkin Museum File:Nicolas Poussin - Et in Arcadia ego (deuxième version).jpg|Et in Arcadia ego (The Shepherds of Arcadia), second version, late 1630s, Louvre File…”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
December 1640month
Parismentioned“Poussin yielded, and in December 1640 he was back in Paris.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
1642year
Languedocmentioned“In the autumn of 1642, when the King and court were out of Paris in Languedoc, he found a pretext to leave Paris and to return permanently to Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
October 1643month
Romementioned“In October 1643, Poussin sold the furnishings of his house in the Tuileries in Paris, and settled for the rest of his life in Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
October 1643month
Tuileries Palacementioned“In October 1643, Poussin sold the furnishings of his house in the Tuileries in Paris, and settled for the rest of his life in Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
October 1643month
Parismentioned“In October 1643, Poussin sold the furnishings of his house in the Tuileries in Paris, and settled for the rest of his life in Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Nicolas Poussin
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