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Portrait of Marie-Célina Brieu by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Portrait of Marie-Célina Brieu

William-Adolphe Bouguereau · 1846

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Artist
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Date
1846
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau

1825–1905 · France

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, a master of academic painting, captivated 19th-century audiences with his mythological and realistic genre scenes.

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