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MASTERPIECES
IN COLOUR
EDITED BY – –
M. HENRY ROUJON
PUVIS DE CHAVANNES
(1824–1898)
(1824–1898)
| IN THE SAME SERIES | |
| REYNOLDS | RUBENS |
| VELASQUEZ | HOLBEIN |
| GREUZE | BURNE-JONES |
| TURNER | LE BRUN |
| BOTTICELLI | CHARDIN |
| ROMNEY | MILLET |
| REMBRANDT | RAEBURN |
| BELLINI | SARGENT |
| FRA ANGELICO | CONSTABLE |
| ROSSETTI | MEMLING |
| RAPHAEL | FRAGONARD |
| LEIGHTON | DÜRER |
| HOLMAN HUNT | LAWRENCE |
| TITIAN | HOGARTH |
| MILLAIS | WATTEAU |
| LUINI | MURILLO |
| FRANZ HALS | WATTS |
| CARLO DOLCI | INGRES |
| GAINSBOROUGH | COROT |
| TINTORETTO | DELACROIX |
| VAN DYCK | FRA LIPPO LIPPI |
| DA VINCI | PUVIS DE CHAVANNES |
| WHISTLER | MEISSONIER |
| MONTAGNA | |
| IN PREPARATION | |
| GEROME | BOUCHER |
| VERONESE | PERUGINO |
| VAN EYCK | |
PLATE I.—SAINT GENEVIEVE KEEPING WATCHOVER SLEEPING PARIS. Frontispiece
(In the Panthéon, Paris)
This composition, so great in its simplicity and so beautiful inexecution, is the last work of the great artist. The model whoposed for the saint watching over the city was Puvis de Chavannes'own wife. Both he and she died very shortly after its completion.
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