The Funeral of Phocion

The Funeral of Phocion is a 1648 landscape painting, also known as The Burial of Phocion, Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion and Landscape with the Body of Phocion Carried out of Athens, by the French artist Nicolas Poussin. Phocion was an Athenian statesman from the 4th century BC.

The Funeral of Phocion
Artist	Nicolas Poussin
Year	1648 (1648)
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	117.5 cm × 178 cm (46.3 in × 70 in)
Location	National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff

Three versions of the painting are known. These are now housed in The Louvre, Paris; National Museum Cardiff and the collections of the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, United States.^[1]

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  Glass House version
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  Louvre version

In the same year Poussin painted a companion piece to The Funeral of Phocion, Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion.

See also

• List of paintings by Nicolas Poussin