The Lesson
Artist
William Bouguereau(French, 1825–1905)French, 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
On view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
[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.
Published References Bouguereau’s accounts. Catalogue of the Paris Salon, 1889. Paris: Dupont, 1889, no. 331. Illustrated catalogue of the Salon of 1889. Paris: Baschet, 1889. Franquet, Charles, Comte de Franqueville, Le premier siècle de l’Insitute de France. Paris: Rothschild, 1895, 370. Vachon, Marius. William Bouguereau. Paris: Lahure, 1900, 157. Braun & Clément catalogue (s.l., n.d.), photograph no. 3227, in several sizes. Walker, Mark Steven. “Chronology,” in William Bouguereau ‒ A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings. New York: Borghi & Co., 1991, 73. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in brown paint, lower right: W-BOUGUEREAU-1889 [print]
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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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