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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Compositional study for The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and the Muses

1883/84
Black chalk on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
19.3 × 26.2 cm (7.6 × 10.3 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This small study—the culmination of many preparatory sketches—is the final schema by Puvis de Chavannes for his highly influential painting The Sacred Grove, Beloved of the Arts and Muses , which is in the Art Institute’s collection.

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