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The Allegory of the Sorbonne, 1889. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 32 5/8 x 180 1/4 in. (82.9 x 457.8 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Allegory of the Sorbonne
- Artist
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, Lyons 1824–1898 Paris)
- Date
- 1889
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 32 5/8 x 180 1/4 in. (82.9 x 457.8 cm)
- Credit line
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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.