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William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Oval painting of a nude bacchante with ivy wreath riding a leaping panther against a gold patterned background.

Bacchante on a Panther

1855

Two nude women on a rocky shore by the sea, one seated on sand and one standing on a boulder under a blue sky.

The Bathers

1884

Woman with a toddler on her lap beside a sleeping barefoot boy under trees, with a domed building in the distance.

Rest

1879

Painting of a young mother in a white headscarf holding a bare toddler by a stone hearth, both gazing at each other.

Young Mother Gazing at Her Child

1871

Young couple on a balcony, a man in red leaning toward a woman in white, with a spinning wheel and sleeping cat nearby.

The Proposal

1872

Painting of a Breton woman in white headdress holding a barefoot child with red cap and apples in a forest.

Breton Brother and Sister

1871

Nude young woman seated on a stone bench holds back a winged cherub reaching with an arrow, under maple leaves.

A Young Girl Defending Herself against Love

about 1880

Painting of a young girl with auburn hair in a white blouse and blue skirt, holding an apple, seated before green trees.

Girl with an Apple

1905

Two nude children embrace in a leafy wood, one kissing the other's cheek while holding a daisy wreath.

Peace

1860

Three women in dark robes at a tomb, with a white-robed angel in the glowing doorway beside a rolled stone.

The Holy Women at the Tomb or The Three Marys at the Tomb

1890

Oval painting of a nude youth with a lyre riding a green sea horse over a gold patterned background.

Arion on a Sea Horse

1855

Oil portrait of an older bearded painter holding a palette and brushes against a dark background, signed 1895.

Self-portrait

1895

Painting of a grieving man and woman embracing over a nude corpse under a stormy sky on barren ground.

The First Mourning

1888

Painting of the dead Christ held by the Virgin Mary, surrounded by grieving angels, with a golden ewer and crown of thorns.

Pietà

1876

Painting of a barefoot young shepherdess carrying a staff on her shoulders, with cattle grazing in hills behind her.

Pastourelle [The Little Shepherdess]

1889

Painting of a barefoot young shepherdess in a blue skirt holding a branch, with sheep grazing in rolling hills behind her.

The young shepherdess

1885

Painting of a barefoot young woman with a violin seated by a river, with a Gothic cathedral in the misty background.

The Bohemian

1890

Painting of two dancing women in orange and white robes lifting a blue drape among clouds, with a musician playing a tambouri

The Dance

1856

Painting of Dante and Virgil watching two nude men wrestle in a fiery hell, with a winged demon and tormented souls behind.

Dante and Virgil in Hell

1850

Painting of a barefoot girl seated on a grassy hill holding a sleeping baby in a red cap, with a rural landscape behind.

The Elder Sister

1869

Nude Venus stands on a scallop shell at sea, surrounded by cherubs, nymphs and tritons in a pale, cloudy sky.

The Birth of Venus

1879

Two girls rest on grass under leafy trees, one holding a handful of nuts while the other looks at her.

The Nut Gatherers

1882

Nude woman with a white drape lifts a calla lily beside water at dawn, by Bouguereau, 1881.

Dawn

1881

Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ on a throne, surrounded by praying angels, with two kneeling angels swinging golden cen

The Queen of the Angels or The Virgin with Angels

1900

Nude woman with bowed head and clasped hands kneeling by water in a dark forest, painted in the style of Bouguereau.

Biblis

1884

Painting of a nude auburn-haired woman seated on wet sand, looking back over her shoulder before a large breaking wave.

The Wave

1896

Back view of a nude woman leaping upward with raised arms against a purple sky, with faint figures and a star behind her.

L'Etoile Perdue

1884

Nude man covering his ears while three snake-haired Furies with a torch pursue him beside a fallen woman with a dagger.

The Remorse of Orestes or Orestes Pursued by the Furies

1862

Painting of a veiled woman nursing an infant, surrounded by children, with spilled gold coins and marble columns behind her.

Charity

1878

Two oval paintings on gold ground: a youth with a lyre on a sea horse, and a woman with a thyrsus on a panther.

Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair)

1855

Painting of a nude young woman on a stone bench holding back a winged cupid with an arrow beneath maple leaves.

A Young Girl Defending Herself against Eros

1880

Painting of a nude woman standing on a rock, arms raised holding her long hair, with white cloth draped behind her.

Bather

1870