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William Adolphe Bouguereau

Sketch for “Charity”

1871

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Sketch for “Charity”

William Adolphe Bouguereau

Sketch for “Charity”

William Adolphe Bouguereau

Sketch for “Charity”

1871

Physical Qualities Oil on wood panel, 11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.45.35
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau and His American Students
A Century of Baltimore Collecting 1840-1940
James F. Peck, "In the Studios of Paris: William Bougereau and His American Students," New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006, 93-94.
Damien Bartoli with Frederick C. Ross, trans. by Don Wilson, "William Bouguereau: Catalogue Raisonné of His Painted Work," Woodbridge (Suffolk, England): Antique Collectors' Club, 2010, p. 155, b&w ill. of photograph (1874/04, "Charité" ["Charity"]).

Inscribed: VERSO, PAINTING: UL, (label), 'No...SALON . 1824/...of Paris...'La Charity' vous.../au by Bouguereau...'; UL below previous label, 'BOUGUEREAU (W.A.) . . Paris/Pupil of Picot/Prize of Rome, 1850/Legion of Honor, 1859./Member of the Institute of France, 1876./Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1876/Medal of Honor Exposition Universal, 1878'; LC, (newspaper article), 'LES GRANDS OFFICERS D'HEIR/(handwritten in pencil) Bigaro...1902/A l'occasion du centenaire des Ecoles'; UR, newspaper clipping of M. Bouguereau, President; C, (masking tape), '40'; LR: 'Succession G.A. Lucas...No 308'; C, (white pencil), '55'. VERSO, FRAME: UL corner, (masking tape), '40'; UL corner below previous label, 'BMA cat./1965/#36'; UR corner, BMA (label); BL corner, (label), 'Shepherd Gallery Associates/21 East 84th Street, New York 10028..UN 1-4050/Christian Imagery in Nineteenth Century Art 1789-1906/May 20 - July 26, 1980/Catalog no. 155, illustrated/Loan;' UC, '40'

Artist

William Adolphe Bouguereau

1824–1904

French, 1825-1905
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