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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Study for Geometry in “The Sorbonne"

1886–87
Fabricated black crayon, squared with blue crayon
25.4 × 17.5 cm (10 × 6.9 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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