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Artists›Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1824–1898

WA-00016076

Lyon, France

PaintingSymbolism

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None documented

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ216873

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Symbolist Aesthetic

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Impresario: Ambroise Vollard

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

No image

Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Si�cle

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

Field Verification (5 fields)

4 cross-verified · 1 single-source

BiographyWikipedia + Duplicate Merge· 88%✓
Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
Primary mediumDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4762
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Symbolism

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Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (65)

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Hope (L'espérance) from L'Estampe Moderne, Number 12

1898 · Lithograph from a portfolio of five lithographs

Museum of Modern Art

The Poor Fisherman (Le Pauvre pêcheur)

1897 · lithograph in purple on laid paper paper

image: 41 x 52.5 cm (16 1/8 x 20 11/16 in.) sheet: 43.3 x 57 cm (17 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Poor Fisherman (Le Pauvre pêcheur)

1897 · lithograph in purple on laid paper

image: 41 x 52.5 cm (16 1/8 x 20 11/16 in.) sheet: 43.3 x 57 cm (17 1/16 x 22 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Poor Fisherman (Le Pauvre pêcheur)

1897 · lithograph in purple on laid paper

overall: 43.3 × 57.3 cm (17 1/16 × 22 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

In the Heather

1896 · Oil on canvas

80.6 × 99.7 cm (31 3/4 × 39 1/4 in.); Framed: 97.5 × 116.6 × 8 cm (38 3/8 × 45 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study of a Woman (Abundance)

1895 · lithograph in brown on laid paper

sheet: 39.3 x 24.2 cm (15 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Etude

1895 · lithograph in gray on thin japan paper

National Gallery of Art

Etude

1895 · lithograph in red on wove paper

National Gallery of Art

Etude

1895 · report (?) lithograph [photolithograph?] on japan paper

National Gallery of Art

Etude

1895 · report (?) lithograph [photolithograph?] in black on japan paper

National Gallery of Art

Etude

1895 · report (?) lithograph [photolithograph?] in black on japan paper

National Gallery of Art

Étude

1895 · report (?) lithograph in brown on heavy japan paper

National Gallery of Art

La toilette

1895 · transfer lithograph in gray on heavy japan paper

image: 30.9 x 25.9 cm (12 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.) sheet: 38.2 x 27.9 cm (15 1/16 x 11 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Croquis (Sketches)

1895 · lithograph in dark gray on heavy japan paper

sheet: 37.1 x 28.1 cm (14 5/8 x 11 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Croquis (Sketches)

1895 · lithograph in red-brown on heavy japan paper

sheet: 37.8 x 28.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Studie van twee naakte mannen met een bos stro

1895 · chalk lithograph on paper

height: 376 cm, width: 280 cm

Rijksmuseum

La Fortune [Fortune]

1895 · Photolithograph in dark brown on cream Japanese paper

Image: 15.2 × 31 cm (6 × 12 1/4 in.); Sheet: 39.4 × 23.5 cm (15 9/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Normandie (Normandy)

1893 · lithograph in printed in brown on Japan paper

image: 46.3 × 39.2 cm (18 1/4 × 15 7/16 in.) sheet: 55.3 × 43.6 cm (21 3/4 × 17 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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The Shepherd's Song

1891 · Oil on canvas

41 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. (104.5 x 109.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Shepherd's Song

1891 · Oil on canvas

41 1/8 x 43 1/4 in. (104.5 x 109.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Allegory of the Sorbonne

1889 · Oil on canvas

32 5/8 x 180 1/4 in. (82.9 x 457.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Allegory of the Sorbonne

1889 · Oil on canvas

32 5/8 x 180 1/4 in. (82.9 x 457.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fisherman's Family

1887 · Oil on canvas

82.5 × 71.8 cm (32 1/2 × 28 1/4 in.); Framed: 102.9 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm (40 1/2 × 36 × 4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Tamaris

1886 · Oil on canvas

10 x 15 1/2 in. (25.4 x 39.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

65 published of 66 catalogued · 47 with image

The Met
24 published7 img
Nga
20 published20 img
Art Institute Chicago
13 published13 img
Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Schets van twee vrouwelijke figuren, waarvan één met opgeheven armen achterovervalt
1834 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Compositieschets voor een figurenrijk stuk
1834 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Studie van twee naakte mannen met een bos stro
1895 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Schets van een staand meisje met bloemen in de rechterhand
1834 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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De arme visser
1876 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Studie van een schaap en drie schaapskoppen
1834 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Record

Images

21 assets

Studie van twee naakte mannen met een bos stro (1895)

Rijksmuseum

Etude d'une femme nue assise à demi drapée

Rijksmuseum

Studie van een schaap en drie schaapskoppen (1834 - 1898)

Rijksmuseum

Schets van twee vrouwelijke figuren, waarvan één met opgeheven armen achterovervalt (1834 - 1898)

Rijksmuseum

Schets van een staand meisje met bloemen in de rechterhand (1834 - 1898)

Rijksmuseum

Study of a Female Nude (possibly for an unrealized allegorical painting) (recto) (1800s)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Relationships

Movements1

Symbolism

Collections5

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Symbolist Aesthetic

New York · 1980

Group Exhibition Impresario: Ambroise Vollard

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Si�cle

New York · 1972