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Study of a Female Nude (possibly for an unrealized allegorical painting) (recto); Studies of Drapery and Study of a Landscape (verso) by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Study of a Female Nude (possibly for an unrealized allegorical painting) (recto); Studies of Drapery and Study of a Landscape (verso)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes · 1800

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Artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Date
1800
Medium
black chalk stumped with heightening of white chalk on brown paper
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art
Dimensions
[object Object]
Collection
Drawings
Culture
France, 19th century
Credit line
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, known as 'the painter for France,' transformed public spaces with his monumental Symbolist murals, influencing a generation of artists.

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