The Virgin and Child
second half 19th century
William Adolphe Bouguereau
William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
Drawings
The Virgin and Child, second half 19th century. William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905). Graphite heightened with white chalk; small sketch upper right in graphite; sheet: 31.4 x 24.2 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Hays Gries 1939.647
- Maker/Artist
- Bouguereau, William-Adolphe
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- graphite heightened with white chalk; small sketch upper right in graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 31.4 x 24.2 cm (12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed, lower left, in graphite: Wm Bouguereau [underlined]
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1939.647
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Hays Gries
- Exhibitions
- Paris autour de 1882 (Paris around 1882), National Schools of Style, CMA, National Schools of Style (June 14-Sep. 18, 1983). <br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Apr. 3-23, 1945).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Feb. 7-18, 1945).<br>CMA, French Drawings and Watercolors from French Public and Private Collections (among CMA drawings supplementing this show) (Jan. 6-Feb. 15, 1942)--[?: I assume this is the drawing, though the exh. file list gives 39.638 as its number (but same artist and title)].
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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