bouguereau little girl Dimensions (inches):64 x 54" Basque Country

Basque Country

on the edge of the beach

Towards the end of the 1800s

rises above the city like a column

like his contemporary Vincent van Gogh

bouguereau little girl Dimensions (inches):64 x 54" Basque CountryA portrait titled "Little Girl", was created by the painter William Adolphe Bouguereau in 1878. It displays the bust of a girl with her hands in a prayer position against a black background. This type of dark background is a technique already used in the Baroque paintings by renowned artists such as Francisco de Zurbarn to highlight notable religious figures, such as Saint John of the Cross. As is usual with the painter, the facial expression,