William-Adolphe Bouguereau1876
Pietà
After Jesus is taken down from the cross, his mother cradles his lifeless body in grief before he is laid in the tomb (John 19). An oil on canvas by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1876).
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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.