Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
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.)
- Genre
- Chalk
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
chalkprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)
About
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.
