Oblation

ID: #9593 | Realism | Religious

Date: 1867

This painting shows two figures, an adult woman and a child, sitting on a wooden chair. The woman, dressed in dark clothing with a black headscarf, holds a lit candle and looks up mournfully. Beside her is a statue of a saint or angel. A child, dressed in white clothes and wearing a white cap on his head, is sleeping, leaning against the woman. On the floor by the chair is an open book and a pair of scissors.

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Bouguereau painted picture Oblation in 1867. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905). French academic painter. In his choice of topics, he was a traditionalist: he painted mythological scenes and modern interpretations of Classicist themes (with an emphasis on painting the female body). Bouguereau admired Raphael, and even gave him one of his paintings. In his time, he was considered one of the finest painters, even abroad. At the end of his career, his paintings began to seem too traditionalist, with techniques embedded in the past. In some encyclopaedias, his name even ceased to appear. To date, however, we can consider some of his works beautiful and inspiring.