Rest (Bouguereau)

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Rest
MediumOil on fabric

Rest is an oil-on-canvas painting of 1879 by the French academic artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art. It depicts a young mother with her children in the shade of a tree, with the dome of St Peter's Basilica in Rome in the background. The composition recalls paintings of the Holy Family by Raphael. The work is signed at the bottom left.[1]

The painting was bought from the artist by Hinman Hurlbut.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Catalogue entry". 30 October 2018.
  2. ^ Argencourt, Louise d'; Diederen, Roger; Luxenberg, Alisa (1999). European Paintings of the 19th Century. Cleveland Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-940717-52-7.