William Bouguereau
The Lesson

The Lesson

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The Lesson
ArtistFrench, 1825–1905
CultureFrench
Titles
  • The Lesson
Date1889
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 38 3/16 × 24 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (97 × 62.8 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Kenneth Franzheim II
Object number2023.583
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
220 McNair Gallery
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Department
Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; Dupont on behalf of Comte de M… July 6, 1889 [1]; Private collection, United States; Kenneth Franzheim II (1925–2007); bequeathed to MFAH, 2008.

[1] Damien Bartoli, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work. New York: Antique Collector’s Club in cooperation with The Art Renewal Center, 2010, 253, cat. 1889/01 (ill.).
Exhibition HistorySalon of 1889, no. 331.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in brown paint, lower right: W-BOUGUEREAU-1889 [print]
Verso: [none]
Recto: Signed in brown paint, lower right: W-BOUGUEREAU [print]
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Catalogue raisonnéBartoli, Damien with Frederick Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work. New York: The Art Renewal Center, 2010, 253, cat. 1889/01 (ill.) as “The Lesson.”

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