The image shows a seated woman on a raised surface. She is facing left, leaning on her left arm while her right arm rests on her lap, holding a branch. Her features include a nose, lips, and a calm expression. Her hair is styled back, and she wears a sleeveless top and a long skirt. The setting includes trees, hills in the background, and grass-like strokes on the ground, with a cow's head visible in the bottom right corner.

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Normandie (Normandy)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824 - 1898)

1893

Medium: lithograph in printed in brown on Japan paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: image: 46.3 × 39.2 cm (18 1/4 × 15 7/16 in.) ; sheet: 55.3 × 43.6 cm (21 3/4 × 17 3/16 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line: Rosenwald Collection
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, 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

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