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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

ca. 1883–89
Oil on canvas
33.3 × 134.3 cm (13.1 × 52.9 in)

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

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