Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature) — Pierre Puvis de Chavannes | DiscoverArt

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Inter artes et naturam (Between Art and Nature)

ca. 1890–95

Oil on canvas

40.3 × 113.7 cm (15.9 × 44.8 in)

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