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 566 Painting profane history, as the Will of Eudamidas (in England), and the Rape of the Sabines : and entered the regions of pure mythology, as may be seen by the Death of Eurydice ,and the Triumph of Flora, at Paris : he also treated some- times of allegory, for instance the Triumph of Truth ; but Fig, 171.— The Shepherds of Arcadia. In the Louvre. By Nicolas Poussin. whatever he undertook, or from whatever source his subjects were taken, he was always an historic painter. Gaspard Dughet (1613—1675), called Gaspard Poussin, was born of French parents in Rome. Nicolas Poussin married his sister, and under the instructions of his brother-