Pierre Puvis de Chavannes

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) was a highly regarded French painter and professor.

Although not known for his male nudes, he was quite competent in that regard, 

so he is the featured artist for our Friday regular series.

I found this seemingly unfinished and untitled de Chavannes drawing on a sales website.  It looks like a study, and if so, I really wish I could find the finished version.

De Chavannes was very influential and was known at one point as "the Painter of France."

This is French Olympians from 1897.  Expand for detail.

This is a meticulously done study by de Chavannes for the painting which follows.

This is the finished version of The Forgers from 1863.  Expand it if you can and 

compare it to de Chavannes study for it which precedes it in this series.

This is just a rough drawing for an unknown de Chavannes work,

but it shows a good anatomical sense of the model's muscles.