Breton Brother and Sister
Appearance
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Artist | William Bouguereau |
Year | 1871 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 129.2 cm × 89.2 cm (50.9 in × 35.1 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
Accession | 87.15.32 |
Breton Brother and Sister is a mid 19th-century painting by French artist William Bouguereau. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a Breton brother and sister in traditional costume. The work – though painted in 1871 – was created on the basis of sketches Bouguereau made in the late 1860s while vacationing in Brittany. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]
References
- ^ "Breton Brother and Sister". www.metmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-11.