Literature

Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, 2015, Reprinted Second edition, plate 138

Provenance

The artist
with Goupil et Cie., Paris, acquired directly from the above, 25 May 1877, as Toilette du matin, Jeune fille habillants enfant (en pied)
Auguste Donatis, acquired directly from the above, 21 July 1877
private collection, Italy
anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 27 October 1983, nr. 76
with Borghi & Co., New York, acquired at the above sale
acquired directly from the above by the present owner
sale (Property of a Prince) Christie's, New York, 18 April 2018, nr. 28

Other works by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Yvonne on the Doorstep
1901

Seduction
1872

The Soup (replica)
1865

Little Girl Sitting at the Water's Edge
1886

The Temptation
1880