In this artwork, how is the Posterity discussed?
From the time of Poussin, the painting became famous in artistic circles and the painting was copied and commented on many times. However, it was not until the middle of the 18th century that the theme of Germanicus' death was taken up in the painting, but each time inspired by Poussin. He is thus represented by Piat Sauvage in 1774 and by Heinrich Friedrich Füger in 1789. If the subject is not taken up much by the artists, many are those who insert in their works allusions to Poussin's painting from this period. This is the case of Jean-Baptiste Greuze in his Septimius Severus and Caracalla in 1769 or, in a more subtle way, of Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii in 1785 who declares about him: "If it is to Corneille that I owe my subject, it is to Poussin that I owe my painting ”. François Marius Granet in his Death of Poussin (Granet Museum), assimilates the painter to the Roman general. Finally, he still inspired Eugène Delacroix in The Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius in 1844 (Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon).
Germanicus Corneille Heinrich Friedrich Füger François Marius Granet Piat Sauvage Eugène Delacroix Jean-Baptiste Greuze Oath of the Horatii Roman general Jacques-Louis David Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon