# Christian Inspiration

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, Pierre-Cécile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on paper, mounted on canvas, 105 x 130 cm

## Commentary

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, Symbolist groups organized themselves as brotherhoods to recreate the monastic ideal that Fra Angelico represented. For Puvis de Chavannes, the hills and convent of Fiesole became the setting for Christian Inspiration, which portrayed Fra Angelico directing his workshop.

## Related artworks

- [Hope](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/hope-r4545d8432dd763>)
- [Hope](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/hope-rf5d99b015105a7>)
- [Peace and War](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/peace-and-war-r6c6ea57555fcba>)
- [Peace](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/peace-r2107c241b458e1>)
- [The Beheading of St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/the-beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-r85a8bc5b32b3a6>)
- [The Poor Fisherman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/the-poor-fisherman-rd9ca14f08acf9b>)
- [The Shepherd&#39;s Song](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/the-shepherds-song-r5bbf95ad9037ca>)
- [War](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/war-rdb10ebd46265f2>)
- [Woman on the Beach](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/woman-on-the-beach-r88e5cb2e7b37c0>)
- [Young Women on the Seashore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/puvis-de-chavannes-pierre-ccile-rff67af30cef6e8/young-women-on-the-seashore-ra9fd97c9acff5a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)