| The Funeral of Phocion | |
|---|---|
 National Museum Cardiff version of the painting | |
| 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 |
The Funeral of Phocion is a 1648landscape painting, also known asThe Burial of Phocion,Landscape with the Funeral of Phocion andLandscape with the Body of Phocion Carried out of Athens, by the French artistNicolas Poussin.Phocion was anAthenian statesman from the 4th century BC.
Three versions of the painting are known. These are now housed inThe Louvre,Paris;National Museum Cardiff and the collections of theGlass House inNew Canaan, Connecticut,United States.[1]
In the same year Poussin painted a companion piece toThe Funeral of Phocion,Landscape with the Ashes of Phocion.
According to environmental historian J. Donald Hughes (1932–2019), the landscape ofAttica portrayed in this painting, with lots of trees and humans living in apparent harmony with nature, might be somewhat realistic.[2] "Poussin spent most of his working life in Rome and knew the Mediterranean landscape well, if not Greece."[2] In this regard, he differed from some other western European artists, who rarely or never visited the Mediterranean, and "when portraying classical themes presented only idealized settings based on the more northerly landscapes they knew."[3]
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