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Nicolas Poussin completed this Old Testament battle scene with his trademark classical order imposed on violent action. The composition shows Gideon's forces defeating the Midianites.
Poussin was the master of French classical painting. This work is at the Pinacoteca Vaticana in Vatican City.
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Frans Hals, 1624
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Johannes Vermeer, 1664
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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