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

Prints and Drawings

1883/84

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
French, 1824-1898

This small study—the culmination of many preparatory sketches—is the final schema by Puvis de Chavannes for his highly influential painting The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and Muses, which is in the Art Institute’s collection.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Title: Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1883–1884
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.)
Credit Line: Suzanne Searle Dixon Endowment
Reference Number: 2005.134
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