La Danse (Bouguereau)
1856 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
| La Danse | |
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| English: The Dance | |
 La Danse (1856) | |
| Artist | William-Adolphe Bouguereau |
| Year | 1856 (1856) |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 367 cm × 180 cm (144 in × 71 in) |
| Location | Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
La Danse (English: The Dance) is an oil-on-canvas painting created by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1856. The painting is currently held in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.[1]
The work, commissioned in 1855 by Anatole Bartholoni to decorate a living room at his Paris hotel, represents dance in an allegorical manner. Other canvases in the set are held at the United States Embassy in Paris.[2]
The canvas was donated by Captain Peter Moore to the National Museums for the Musée d'Orsay in 1981. It was then attributed to the Musée du Louvre, which finally assigned it to the Musée d'Orsay the same year.[3]
See also
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau gallery
References
External links
- William-Adolphe Bouguereau at the Web Museum
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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- Dante and Virgil (1850)
- Shepherds Find Zenobia on the Banks of the Araxes (1850)
- The Dance (1856)
- Alone in the World (1867)
- The Elder Sister (1869)
- The Knitting Girl (1869)
- Maternal Admiration (1869)
- Breton Brother and Sister (1871)
- Nymphs and Satyr (1873)
- Flora and Zephyr (1875)
- Rest (1879)
- The Birth of Venus (1879)
- Dawn (1881)
- The Song of the Angels (1881)
- Evening Mood (1882)
- The Nut Gatherers (1882)
- The Young Shepherdess (1885)
- The Return of Spring (1886)
- The First Mourning (1888)
- Whisperings of Love (1889)
- The Shepherdess (1889)
- The Bohemian (1890)
- Cupid and Psyche as Children (1890)
- Gabrielle Cot (1890)
- A Little Coaxing (1890)
- The Goose Girl (1891)
- Work Interrupted (1891)
- The Virgin of the Lilies (1899)
- Queen of the Angels (1900)
- A Dream of Spring (1901)
- The Oreads (1902)
- Elizabeth Jane Gardner (wife)
- François-Edouard Picot (tutor)
- Art Renewal Center
List of works
Paintings
William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Paintings
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