Art, literature & historyVanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues
c. 1890
- Dating
- Approximate date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper
- Dimensions
- 32.8 × 50 cm (12 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1971.308
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Vanitas of Venus: Parisian Virtues — Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. c. 1890.
Medium: Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on tan tracing paper, laid down on buff wove paper. Dimensions: 32.8 × 50 cm (12 15/16 × 19 11/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.