Angel Holding Two Infants

William-Adolphe Bouguereauca. 1860

Details

Title: Angel Holding Two Infants
Creator: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)
Date Created: ca. 1860
Subject Keywords: Angel; infant; child; biblical/religious
External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
Roles: Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)
Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1882 (?) [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: graphite and white chalk on blue, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper (cartridge-type)
Inscriptions: [Signature] In graphite, lower left: Wm. Bouguereau
Exhibitions: The Legacy of David and Ingres to Nineteenth-Century Art. Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley. 1966., A Generation of Draughtsmen. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor. 1962., The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. 2005-2006.
Dimensions: Sheet with signature: H: 16 11/16 x W: 8 in. (42.4 x 20.3 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters, 1882 (?)
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1345

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