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Other graphic art

artist

Pierre PUVIS DE CHAVANNES

period

circa 1875-1876

technique

Charcoal, graphite, stump, and white chalk highlights with squaring

dimensions

56.5 cm x 46.5 cm

condition

Good

provenance

Porte la cote de la main de Maître Paul Delapalme, liquidateur de la succession de l'artiste, en bas au centre "Côte 9e / …e pièce"; Resté dans la descendance de l’artiste, le cachet de la succession de l'artiste (Lugt L.2104) en bas à droite; Collection de Mlle Jordan, rue Madame, Paris, 1972; Galerie Aaron & cie, Paris; Acquis auprès de cette dernière par l'actuel propriétaire lors du Salon du Dessin, le 28 mars 2019; Collection Louis Grandchamp des Raux

subject

Study for 'Saint Genevieve as a Child in Prayer'

This drawing is a study for the head and the right hand of the woman in the foreground of Puvis de Chavannes's monumental work "Saint Genevieve as a Child in Prayer" for the Panthéon. The finished work was exhibited at the Salon of 1876 and installed in the Panthéon on May 22, 1877. The drawing showcases the artist's meticulous creative process, revealing the fundamental importance of drawing in the development of his murals. Puvis de Chavannes carefully traces the details of this woman’s face on a squared sheet of paper, rendering shadows with a vast network of hatching and light with white chalk. The authenticity of this work has been recognized by the Comité Pierre Puvis de Chavannes in a certificate issued on February 16, 2019, under number 19-02-16.