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Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)
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| Artist / Maker | Pierre Puvis de Chavannes |
|---|---|
| Date | c. 1883 |
| Culture / Origin | France |
| Medium | Graphite and charcoal, heightened with touches of white chalk, on tan tracing paper, squared in charcoal, laid down on cream wood pulp laminate board |
| Dimensions | Primary support: 27.2 × 47.7 cm (10 3/4 × 18 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 30.7 × 51 cm (12 1/8 × 20 1/8 in.) |
| Department | Prints and Drawings |
| Type | Drawing and Watercolor |
About the Artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was born into a bourgeois family. His father intended his son to enroll at the École Polytechnique in Paris. After a prolonged illness, however, Puvis instead entered the Faculté de Droit. He became interested in art during a trip to Italy in 1846, and the following year he began studying with Henri Scheffer (1798-1862). Puvis returned to Italy in 1848 with Louis Bauderon de Vermeron (1809-1870), where he became interested in the art of mural painting.… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0 / Public Domain.
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