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Dream of Spring (Rêve de printemps)

William-Adolphe Bouguereau1901

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States

Figurative oil painting with foreground and background landscape showing one central barefoot Caucasian woman wearing a white tunic dress with purple overskirt seated near the corner of a low stone wall or grave with right hand over right breast and is surrounded about the shoulders by three cherubs; proper right reddish haired cupid is holding with both hands pink and white flowers above the figures head and gazing downward over the figure's proper right shoulder, the cupid at the proper left is gently pulling the figure's hair back to reveal her ear and is holding an arrow in the left hand, the dark haired cupid in the forefront with bent elbows and hands clasped under chin looks directly at the figure's face.

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  • Title: Dream of Spring (Rêve de printemps)
  • Creator: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905)
  • Date Created: 1901
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Medium / Support: oil on canvas
  • External Link: See this object at www.imamuseum.org
  • Dimensions: 73 x 50 in. (image) 85 x 63 in. (frame)
  • Department: European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
  • Credit Line: Gift of Melvin and Bren Simon
  • Accession Number: 2013.33
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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