PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, (1824-1898)

Etude pour 'La soeur ainée'

Etude pour 'La soeur ainée'
signed 'P. Puvis ch' (lower left)
black chalk on buff paper
35.4 x 13.4cm (13 15/16 x 5 1/4in).
Executed in 1862

The present work is a preliminary study for the painting La soeur ainée, currently in the collection of the Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva.

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Monsieur Bertrand Puvis de Chavannes.

Provenance
Mlle. Bourdon Collection (a gift from the artist).
Fritz Gross Collection, London, no. 769.
Thence by descent to the present owner.