In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
One of the most celebrated academic painters of his time, Bouguereau underscores the moral virtues of the Italian peasants in this painting by depicting the dome of St. Peter's in the distance. The idealized figures and their triangular grouping recall the Holy Family paintings by Renaissance master Raphael 400 years earlier. The painting was purchased directly from the artist by Cleveland banker and philanthropist Hinman B. Hurlbut in July 1879.
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William Bouguereau — Young Mother Gazing at Her Child
William-Adolphe Bouguereau — The Elder Sister, reduction (La
William-Adolphe Bouguereau — Charity
Jules Breton — Young mother breastfeeding
Hugues Merle — Thoughts of the Future
William Bouguereau — Breton Brother and Sister
Edouard Girardet — Das kranke Kind
Léopold Robert (Swiss, 1794–1835) — Italian Scene
François Boucher — The Beautiful Country Woman
William-Adolphe Bouguereau — Frère et sœur
Léon Bazille Perrault — Maternity
Simon Vouet — Madonna and Child
