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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Fantasy

1824–98
Pen and brown ink on calque, laid down on wove paper
30 × 20.5 cm (11.8 × 8.1 in)

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

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