Front matter
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MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR EDITED BY – – M. HENRY ROUJON
PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824–1898)
IN THE SAME SERIES
REYNOLDSRUBENS
VELASQUEZHOLBEIN
GREUZEBURNE-JONES
TURNERLE BRUN
BOTTICELLICHARDIN
ROMNEYMILLET
REMBRANDTRAEBURN
BELLINISARGENT
FRA ANGELICOCONSTABLE
ROSSETTIMEMLING
RAPHAELFRAGONARD
LEIGHTONDÜRER
HOLMAN HUNTLAWRENCE
TITIANHOGARTH
MILLAISWATTEAU
LUINIMURILLO
FRANZ HALSWATTS
CARLO DOLCIINGRES
GAINSBOROUGHCOROT
TINTORETTODELACROIX
VAN DYCKFRA LIPPO LIPPI
DA VINCIPUVIS DE CHAVANNES
WHISTLERMEISSONIER
MONTAGNA
IN PREPARATION
GEROMEBOUCHER
VERONESEPERUGINO
VAN EYCK
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.
Puvis de Chavannes
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
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COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
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