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Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion (collected by His Widow)
Artist: Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665)
Location: Walker Art Gallery
Date: 1648
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 118.5 x 177.6cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £1,150,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Trustees of Lord Derby's Heirlooms Settlement
Review number: 3060 (1984)
Provenance:
Painted for M.Serisier, in 1648; Lord Derby, Knowsley Hall from 1782.
Description:
Phocion, a noble Athenian general, was condemned to death by his enemies and forced to drink hemlock. His body was carried outside the cit walls and cremated. The scene depicted here shows Phocion's widow gathering the ashes to transport them back to Athens, where they were accorded an honourable burial once the tide of political opinion had changed.
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