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William-Adolphe Bouguereau

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Oil portrait of a young girl with curly blonde hair, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a white off-shoulder dress against a da

少女

1878

Painting of a seated Madonna in black robes holding a haloed infant with outstretched arms against a gold background.

Madone assise

1888

Oil painting of a girl with a blue ribbon in her hair eating porridge from a red bowl beside a dark hearth.

Girl Eating Porridge

1874

Two girls in a rustic kitchen; the younger sits sulking on a chair while the older holds blue yarn beside a bread plate.

Little Sulky

1888

Painting of a faun and a bacchante with ivy wreath seated together in a forest, with a pine-cone staff on the ground.

Faune et Bacchante (french for "Faun and Bacchante")

1860

Virgin in blue robe holds a sleeping infant while three winged angels play violin, mandolin and harp under trees.

The Virgin of the angels

1881

Painting of a young woman in a white headscarf leaning on a copper vessel, with a hilltop village in the distance.

Italian Woman at the Fountain

1869

Oil painting of a young woman with a fishing net and basket by a calm sea, looking to the left.

Daughter of Fisherman

1872

Painting of a barefoot young woman seated on a stone bench under trees, with a small bird on a branch above.

The Song of the Nightingale

1895

Oil portrait of a young girl with curly hair in a white blouse and dark bodice, looking toward the viewer against a dark back

Girl with Violets

1872

Full-length painting of a barefoot young girl in a yellow headscarf standing before rocky cliffs and a cactus.

Shepherdess

Painting of a barefoot young shepherdess with a white headscarf seated on a rock, with grazing sheep and a hillside behind he

The shepherdess

1881

Two women in classical dress, one writing with a quill and one holding a lyre, beside a stone urn and temple.

L'Art et la Littérature

1867

Two young girls, one holding a violin and the other extending an open hand, stand before a stone staircase and fountain.

Far from Home

1867

Full-length portrait of a young child in a white lace dress with a blue sash, holding a brass horn, against a dark background

Cortlandt Field Bishop (1870-1935)

1873

Oval portrait of a young woman with auburn hair and gold leaf crown, holding pearls over a jewelry box, in a red dress.

Marguerite

1868

Allegorical painting of muses playing harp, lyre, tambourine and flute on clouds against a blue sky, in a gilded frame.

The music

1856

Painting of an elderly couple embracing a young man with a satchel, while a young woman with a staff watches under a blue sky

Le retour de Tobie (french for "Tobias' return"

1856

Woman in blue skirt holding a naked infant who reaches for an orange, beside a table with wool and a copper jug.

The First Caress

1866

Oil portrait of two girls on a gold sofa, one reading a book in a grey gown, the younger in white lace with a blue sash.

Portrait of Eva and Frances Johnston

1869

Painting of a mother with an infant and two children sitting against white classical columns, with a city square behind.

Indigent Family (reduction)

1865

Circular painting of a veiled woman holding a child who reaches toward a white lamb on a grassy hillside.

La Vierge à l'agneau

1903

Painting of a young man, woman and toddler with a goat under leafy trees, in a classical idyllic setting.

Idyll: Ancient Family

1860

Painting of a girl with a green ribbon in her hair, sitting and weaving a crown of white daisies in a wooded setting.

Child Braiding A Crown

1874

Painting of a barefoot woman carrying a laundry basket on her head, with washerwomen in white caps working on a hillside.

Washerwomen of Fouesnant

1869

Portrait of a curly-haired girl in a white blouse holding an open, ornately decorated storybook.

The Story Book

1877

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a veiled woman in flowing drapes holding a small child on brown paper.

The Virgin and Child

second half 19th century

Graphite study of a reclining nude figure with surrounding sketches of arms and hands on tan paper.

Reclining Female Nude

Graphite drawing of two nude children sleeping together on a bed with pillows and a curtain behind them.

Two Sleeping Children

n.d.