Puvis de Chavannes

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MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR EDITED BY – – M. HENRY ROUJON
PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824–1898)
PLATE I.—SAINT GENEVIEVE KEEPING WATCH OVER SLEEPING PARIS. Frontispiece
(In the Panthéon, Paris)
This composition, so great in its simplicity and so beautiful in execution, is the last work of the great artist. The model who posed for the saint watching over the city was Puvis de Chavannes' own wife. Both he and she died very shortly after its completion.
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
NEW YORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY