ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XIXE SIÈCLE

NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL
Bust of an Antique Woman
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Apocryphal signature 'P. P. de Chavannes' lower right
Oil on canvas laid on cardboard, apocryphal signature 'P. Puvis de Chavannes' lower right
37 x 33,5 cm - 14 5/8 x 13 1/4 in.

Provenance
- By family tradition: Family of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898)
- Private collection, France (acquired from the latter)

Note
This painting is a reproduction of the head of the central female figure in Thomas Couture's composition "Les Romains de la décadence" (1847), now in the Musée d'Orsay (INV 3451).