Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games)

ca. 1883–89

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 52 7/8 in. (33.3 x 134.3 cm)
Collection no.: 58.15.1
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Ludus pro patria (Patriotic Games) — Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. ca. 1883–89.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 13 1/8 x 52 7/8 in. (33.3 x 134.3 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1958.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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