William-Adolphe Bouguereau1851
Jews in Captivity (By the Waters of Babylon)
By the rivers of Babylon the exiles sit and weep, hanging their harps on the willows, unable to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land (Psalm 137). An oil on canvas by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1851).
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About William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1825-1905 · French
William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter whose religious works combined precise classical realism with sentimental devotional imagery. His Madonnas, Pietà, and Holy Family scenes were widely circulated as engravings and prints.