Head of a Woman

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824-1898)

c. 1890

Medium

Black chalk on tan laid paper

Classification

Drawing and Watercolor

Dimensions

27.1 × 19.3 cm (10 11/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Culture

France

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings

Credit line

The Art Institute of Chicago

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Symbolism
• Drawings and watercolours
• Portraits
• People
• 1800s
• France
• Orange