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

- By: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)
- Date: 1883/84
- Medium: Black chalk on tan wove tracing paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: Primary support: 19.3 × 26.2 cm (7 5/8 × 10 3/8 in.); Secondary support: 21.2 × 27.8 cm (8 3/8 × 11 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Suzanne Searle Dixon Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/184601)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b5a6213f-7f7b-7229-5454-23330ba49122/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0