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Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games) by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes — VisualArtsDB

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1878–1894

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 52 7/8 in. (33.3 x 134.3 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Styles

European Paintings

Tags

Female NudesAthletesmenlandscapessports

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The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

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Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues

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

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

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La Fortune [Fortune]

La Fortune [Fortune]

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Cider

Cider

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Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1885

The River

The River

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1859

Fisherman's Family

Fisherman's Family

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1878

Head of a Woman

Head of a Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1885

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)

Two Flying Figures with a Lyre (Study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1878

In the Heather

In the Heather

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1896