Frontispiece: NICOLAS POUSSIN French, 1594­1665 The Holy Family [detail] ,1651 Oil on canvas 81.PA.43 (See no. 42) At the J. Paul Getty Museum: Christopher Hudson, Publisher Mark Greenberg, Managing Editor Mollie Holtman, Editor Suzanne Watson Petralli, Production Coordinator Lou Meluso and Jack Ross, Photographers Text prepared by Burton Fredericksen, David Jaffé, Dawson Carr, Denise Allen, Jennifer Helvey, and Perrin Stein Designed and produced by Thames and Hudson and copublished with the J. Paul Getty Museum © 1997 The J. Paul Getty Museum 1200 Getty Center Drive Suite 1000 Los Angeles, California 90049­1687 Library of Congress Card Number 97­070931 ISBN 0­89236­428­9 Color reproductions by CLG Fotolito, Verona, Italy Printed and bound in Singapore by C.S. Graphics