DETAILS
- Artist
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
- Date
- 1850
- Medium
- black chalk
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- [object Object]
- Collection
- Drawings
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Credit line
- Bequest of Gordon K. Mott
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THE ARTIST
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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