Figure raising a fallen figure, study for Life of St. Genevieve series, Paris, Pantheon
Figure raising a fallen figure, study for Life of St. Genevieve series, Paris, Pantheon

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Figure raising a fallen figure, study for Life of St. Genevieve series, Paris, Pantheon

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824–1898; born Lyon, France; died Paris
x1948-490

Information

Title
Figure raising a fallen figure, study for Life of St. Genevieve series, Paris, Pantheon
Maker
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Medium
White, purple, and black chalk
Dimensions
22.5 x 21.8 cm (8 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-490
Signatures
Artist stamp, lower right: P.P.C. [Lugt 2104]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black ink, verso of mount lower left: D.F.P. [in circle] [Lugt 750a]
Culture
French
Type
studies (visual works), drawings
Materials
wove paper, black chalk, chalk, tracing paper
Techniques
squaring (transferring technique)
Subject
women, figures (representations), saints

Le Garrec;

1929, purchased by Dan Fellows Platt;
Bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum

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