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Woman with Iris,
1895
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1825–1905; born and died La Rochelle, France
y1972-5
Among the most successful academic painters of the late nineteenth century, Bouguereau received numerous official honors from the French art establishment. Thanks to his Paris dealer, Goupil et Cie, and to American gallerists such as Michael Knoedler, he was also one of the most popular painters on the American market, where his ethereal, gently erotic scenes featuring contented peasant girls and pretty maidens were particularly prized. Patrons were drawn to his brilliant craftsmanship and the porcelain-like finish of his canvases—what Bouguereau himself called "the kind of beautiful and impeccable enamel you find in Veronese or Titian."
Information
Title
Woman with Iris
Dates
1895
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
46 × 38 cm (18 1/8 × 14 15/16 in.)
frame: 67.3 × 59.4 × 8.3 cm (26 1/2 × 23 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Hodge Burchfield, Pittsburgh, in memory of her husband, Class of 1902, and her son, Thomas Howell Burchfield, Class of 1958
Object Number
y1972-5
Signatures
Signed and dated upper right: W-Bouguereau 1895
Culture
Art market, Paris; purchase by father of William Hodge Burchfield; by descent to William Hodge Burchfield; 1972 gift by Mrs. William Hodge Burchfield to Princeton University Art Museum.
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"Acquisitions 1972", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 32, no. 1 (1973): p. 20-30.
, p. 30 - William Bouguereau, 1825-1905: [exhibition] Musée du Petit-Palais, Paris, (Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1984).,
- Gabriel P. Weisberg, DeCourcy E. McIntosh and Alison McQueen, Collecting in the Gilded Age: art patronage in Pittsburgh, 1890-1910, (Pittsburgh, PA: Frick Art & Historical Center; Hanover, N.H.: Distributed by University Press of New England, 1997).
