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Nicolas Poussin
Adoration of the Golden Calf, oil on canvas by Nicolas Poussin, c. 1634. 153.4 × 211.8 cm.
In the mid-19th century, the French painter Camille Corot venerated Nicolas Poussin specifically as a master of Classical landscape.1