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Rubens contre Poussin, la querelle du coloris dans la peinture française à la fin du XVIIe siècle.

Rubens against Poussin, the quarel of colour in the French painting at the end of the XVIIth century
From march 6 to june 14 2004
Ancient art
Painting
Organized during the "Lille 2004", the exhibit looks at French painting from 1680 to 1715. Announcing the sensuality of the following century, nudes, portratis and still lives by Largillière, Jouvenet, Le Brun...grouped together around Rubens and Poussin, illustrate the debate on the respective qualities of the colourist and the drawer.

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Thursday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
Tuesday
New Year`s Day, Labour day (May, 1st), Victory Day 1945 (May, 8), Bastille Day (July, 14), All Saints`Day (November, 1st), Armistice Day 1918 (november, 11), Christmas Day
Admission :
Admission fee : 4 €
Concessions : 2 € Students, Families, Teachers, over 65, Families, Museum friends
Free : july-august
Nicolas Poussin, The Ravishing of saint Paul, Musée du Louvre, © RMN.