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Sketch for War, painting in the Museum of Picardy at Amiens

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Sketch for War, painting in the Museum of Picardy at Amiens

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

ca. 1861

Medium

Black chalk touched with white and red chalk

Tags

Animals Men Women

Dimensions

16 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (42.9 x 31.8 cm.) (irregular)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1918

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1824–1898 • France

He is known primarily for large decorative compositions of figures in landscapes. He is generally regarded as a precursor of Symbolism, but in reality he was independent of any contemporary movement; his works influenced both academic and avant-garde artists. French artist. Comment on works: history, mythology

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