William Adolphe Bouguereau

Season after season, Sotheby’s 19th Century European Art department presents exciting discoveries. Learn the stories behind eight paintings, including those by William Bouguereau and John William Godward.

. Oil on canvas. 46 x 38 cms | 18 x 14 ¾ ins.,

The French academic painter Hugues Merle gained acclaim during his lifetime for his idealised depictions of family life and of historical and religious subjects. He was often associated with his friend and rival, William-Adolphe Bouguereau; in fact, their shared dealer, Paul Durand-Ruel, urged Bouguereau to add to his pictorial repertoire Merle's interpretation of familial love, which had defined his most successful Salon entries during the 1840s through the 1960s. Whether imaging modern-day…

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oil on canvas, 1901 France Adolphe William Bouguereau

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