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In the Heather, 1896. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 80.6 × 99.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- In the Heather
- Artist
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898)
- Date
- 1896
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 80.6 × 99.7 cm (31 3/4 × 39 1/4 in.); Framed: 97.5 × 116.6 × 8 cm (38 3/8 × 45 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1824–1898
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.