Foremost among French painters of the 17th century was ___________, who painted _________

A. Nicolas Poussin; The Ashes of Phokion
B. Judith Leyster;Carousing Couple
C. Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; Marie Antoinette and Her Children
D. Jacques Louis David; Death of Marat
E. Jean-Honoré Fragonard; The Pursuit

A
Steeped in the philosophy and history of the classical past, Poussin painted The Ashes of Phokion, depicting the circumstances of the death of an Athenian general.