The Violinist

c. 1880

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Artist, French, 1824 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and white chalk with graphite on blue paper

  • Credit Line

    Maxwell Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.9 x 23.9 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2007.66.1.a

Associated Artworks

Avalanche in an Alpine Landscape

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

1870

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Patrick Derom Gallery, New York); purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Drawings of Importance from 1860 to 1960, Roland, Browse, and Delbanco, London, 1967.

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 117.

Bibliography

1967

  • Roberts, Keith. "Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London" The Burlington Magazine 109 (1967): 380, fig. 67.

1977

  • d'Argencourt, Louise. Puvis de Chavannes 1824 - 1898. Ottawa, 1977: 31? ("sketch of a violinist in an English collection")

Markings

the artist's studio stamp (Lugt 2104)

Wikidata ID

Q64619626

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