# Inspiration, in Gustave Moreau

Gustave Moreau painted this in about 1893, aged about 57. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1893
- Medium: Watercolor and gouache, with pen and blue ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper, wrapped and adhered on verso to wood pulp board
- Dimensions: 29.9 × 23 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1985.596
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Gustave Moreau](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/gustave-moreau), French, 1826–1898

2 works in the collection.

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