Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues — Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues, c. 1890. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Provenance

Estate of the artist [stamp lower center, in image, black ink, Lugt 2104]. Sold by Adolphe Stein, Paris, to the Art Institute, 1971.

Quick Overview

Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes / French, 1824-1898
Date: c. 1890
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper
Dimensions: 32.8 × 50 cm (12 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
Accession no.: 1971.308

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Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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