Poussins Women Sex and Gender in the Artists Works examines the paintings and drawings of the wellknown seventeenthcentury French painter Nicolas Poussin 15941665 from a gender studies perspective focusing on a critical analysis of his representations of women. The books thematic chapters investigate Poussins women in their roles as predators as lustful or the objects of lust as lovers killers victims heroines or models of virtue. Poussins paintings reflect issues of gender within his social