William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Literature

Damien Bartoli and Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, 2015, Reprinted Second edition, plate 34

Provenance

Commissioned by Anatole Bartholoni, Paris
Paris sale, Drouot, 27 April 1933, nr. 32, Arion chevauchant un monstre marin, nr. 33, Bacchante sur une panthère (repr.)
Shepherd Gallery, New York, 1972
Christopher Gibbs Ltd., London, 1973
London sale, Sotheby's, 30 November 1977, nr. 208, Arion sur un dauphin, Bacchante sur une panthère (repr.), £6500
Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland
bequeathed to the CMA in 1980

External links

The Cleveland Museum of Art Accession number 1980.238.2

Other works by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

A Calling
1890

The Day of the Dead
1859

Prayer to the Virgin
1866

Girl Reading
1895

The Wave
1896