File:Self portrait, by William Bouguereau.jpg

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Self-portrait (1879). Oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm (18.1 x 14.9 in). Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau: Portrait of the Artist  wikidata:Q17144191 reasonator:Q17144191
Artist
William-Adolphe Bouguereau  (1825–1905)  wikidata:Q483992 q:en:William-Adolphe Bouguereau
 
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Alternative names
William Bouguereau
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 30 November 1825 Edit this at Wikidata 19 August 1905 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death La Rochelle Edit this at Wikidata La Rochelle Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris; Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q483992
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait of the Artist
label QS:Lde,"Selbstbildnis des Künstlers"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of the Artist"
label QS:Lit,"Autoritratto"
label QS:Lfr,"Autoportrait"
label QS:Lnl,"Zelfportret"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre self-portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Bouguereau represents himself here at 54, in the prime of life, the Legion of Honor at the buttonhole, in a solemn pose, three-quarters, but the face of the front. The comparison with photographs of him, however, allows us to see that he has benefited his physiognomy by reducing the ear and nose. Bouguereau made eight self-portraits at different times in his life. He made a counterpart to the portrait of Elizabeth Jane Gardner, a painter of American origin whom he married in 1896. The two works painted in 1879 formed a pair and constituted, for Bouguereau, a pledge of love for his fiancée.
Français : Bouguereau se représente ici à 54 ans, soit dans la force de l’âge, la Légion d’honneur à la boutonnière, dans une pose solennelle, de trois quarts, mais le visage de face. La comparaison avec des photographies de lui nous permet toutefois de constater qu’il a avantagé sa physionomie en procédant notamment à la réduction de l’oreille et du nez. Bouguereau a réalisé huit autoportraits à différents moments de sa vie. Celui-ci fait pendant au portrait d’Elizabeth Jane Gardner, peintre d’origine américaine qu’il épousera en 1896. Les deux œuvres peintes en 1879 formaient une paire et constituaient, pour Bouguereau, un gage d’amour envers sa fiancée.
Depicted people William-Adolphe Bouguereau Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1879 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 46 cm (18.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 38 cm (14.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+46U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+38U174728
institution QS:P195,Q860812
Accession number
1984.16 (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation France Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions
  • Signature and date top left:
    W Bouguereau 1879 Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
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