Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Young Girl |
Artist |
BOUGUEREAU, William-Adolphe |
Date |
1886 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Culture |
French |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
H-63.25 W-30.25 inches |
Description |
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, an academically-trained artist, is best known for his paintings of mythological images and scenes of everyday peasant life. He preferred to work in a precise, finished style rather than the loose, spontaneous brushstrokes made famous by his contemporaries, the Impressionists. In Young Girl, Bouguereau depicts a nearly life-size shepherdess, one of his favorite subjects. An idealized figure with bare feet, her pose recalls ancient Greek sculpture. Bouguereau presents her as a noble modern-day Madonna and the thistle growing behind her, symbolic of the crown of thorns and the suffering of Christ, reinforces the religious subtext of the painting. |
Provenance |
Gift of Dr. S. E. Coen |
Credit line |
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Coen |
Accession # |
77.01 |
Object ID |
DMFA-77.01 |
Collection |
Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts |
Search Terms |
25 |