Reclining female nude, study in reverse for figure in Hemicycle of the Sorbonne: Letters, Science, and Arts, Sorbonne, Paris
Reclining female nude, study in reverse for figure in Hemicycle of the Sorbonne: Letters, Science, and Arts, Sorbonne, Paris

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Reclining female nude, study in reverse for figure in Hemicycle of the Sorbonne: Letters, Science, and Arts, Sorbonne, Paris

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824–1898; born Lyon, France; died Paris
x1948-482

Information

Title
Reclining female nude, study in reverse for figure in Hemicycle of the Sorbonne: Letters, Science, and Arts, Sorbonne, Paris
Maker
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Medium
Black chalk
Dimensions
19.6 × 30.9 cm. (7 11/16 × 12 3/16 in.) mount: 20.3 × 31.4 cm. (8 × 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-482
Signatures
Artist stamp, lower left and near figure's foot: P.P.C. [Lugt 2104]
Inscription
in brown ink, lower left: Cote 8e | 472e piece | [notary's initials]
Culture
French
Type
drawings
Materials
black chalk, tracing paper, wove paper
Techniques
squaring (transferring technique)
Subject
women, nudes, reclining

Dan Fellows Platt; Bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum

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