The Christiansborg Palace, which was the Louvre of Copenhagen, contained many fine paintings by the old masters, including choice examples by Tintoretto, Nicholas poussin, Raphael, Rubens, Salvator Rosa, Vandyke, Rembrandt, and others.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Horace Walpole, in his summary of the excellencies and defects of great painters, observed with much justice, that "Titian wanted to have seen the antique; poussin to have seen Titian."
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
But poussin, considered as a model for imitation, and especially as a model for the student, is liable to a more serious objection.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner