Live Auction 2282Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings, & Watercolors
William Adolphe Bouguereau (La Rochelle 1825-1905)
Lot 303 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION 

William Adolphe Bouguereau (La Rochelle 1825-1905)

Enfant italien tenant une croute de pain

Closed27 January 2010

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William Adolphe Bouguereau (La Rochelle 1825-1905)
Enfant italien tenant une croute de pain
signed and dated 'W-BOUGUEREAU-1874' (upper right)
oil on canvas
21½ x 18¼ in (54.5 x 46 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 October 1985 ($42,500), to the present owner.

Specialist note

For a note on the artist please see lot 47.
This work will be included in the forthcoming Bouguereau catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Damien Bartoli with the assistance of Fred Ross, the Bouguereau Committee and the Art Renewal Center.