Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses — Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses, 1883/84. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

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Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes / French, 1824-1898
Date: 1883/84
Medium: Black chalk on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: Primary support: 19.3 × 26.2 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 21.2 × 27.8 cm (8 3/8 × 11 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Suzanne Searle Dixon Endowment
Accession no.: 2005.134

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