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Who was Nicolas Poussin’s first art teacher in Les Andelys?
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Nicolas Poussin
Adoration of the Golden Calf, oil on canvas by Nicolas Poussin, c. 1634. 153.4 × 211.8 cm.
Nicolas Poussin’s first art teacher was the itinerant painter Quentin Varin, who visited Les Andelys in 1611–1612 and encouraged Poussin’s early interest in drawing.1