William Bouguereau

Academic Classicism

Bouguereau Paintings 1825 - 1905 France, Academic Classicism

Pieta, 1876

Oil on canvas, 90.55 x 58.27 inches [230 x 148 cm]

Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas

Religious Paintings

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OIL PAINTING: Pieta, 1876
Bouguereau's Pieta was painted as a memorial to his second child, Georges, who died at the age of fifteen in 1875. Not a commissioned work, the Pieta is one of the most imporatant paintings by Bouguereau still in private hands, as well as a masterpiece of 19th century religious art.