And so, when in 1898 he passed away, not a dissenting voice was raised
amid the concert of eulogies and of regrets which marked his end. For a
long time previous, Puvis de Chavannes had ceased to have detractors;
admiration had stifled envy. And, from the moment that he crossed beyond
the threshold of life, Puvis de Chavannes entered fully into
immortality.
CATALOGUE OF THE WORKS OF PUVIS DE CHAVANNES
Musée du Luxembourg; _The Poor Fisherman_.
Panthéon; _Saint Genevieve marked with the divine seal_.--_The
Piety of Saint Genevieve._--_Saint Genevieve providing for
besieged Paris._--_Saint Genevieve watching over sleeping
Paris._--Two decorative Friezes, including _Faith, Hope, and
Charity_, and a series of _Saints_.
Hôtel de Ville; _Summer, Winter_.--_Victor Hugo offering his
lyre to the city of Paris._
Amphitheatre of the Sorbonne; _Letters, Sciences and Arts_.
Museum at Amiens; _Peace_.--_War._--_Labour._--_Repose._--_A
Standard-Bearer._--_A Harvester._--_A Woman weeping over the
ruins of her house._--_A Woman Spinning._--_Ave, Picardia
Nutrix._--_Ludus pro Patria._
Church at Campagnat; _Ecce Homo_.
Palace of Longchamps (Marseilles): _Marseilles, a Greek
Colony_.--_Marseilles, Gateway of the Orient._
Museum at Marseilles: _The Return from the Hunt_.
Hôtel de Ville, Poitiers: _Saint Radegonde gives asylum to the
Poets_.--_Charles Martel re-enters Poitiers after his conquest
of the Saracens._
Palace of Fine Arts, Lyons: _The Sacred Wood dear to the Arts
and the Muses_.
Museum at Rouen: _Inter Artes et Naturam_.
Public Library, Boston: _The inspiring Muses acclaim Genius,
Messenger of Light_.
Museum at Chartres: _Summer_.
Private Collections: _Herodiade_.--_Autumn._--_Sleep._
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Transcriber's Notes:
Simple typographical errors were corrected.
Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant
preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
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