William-Adolphe Bouguereau1881
Song of the Angels
The heavenly host that announced peace on earth is imagined as angels making music over the resting Christ child and his mother (Luke 2). An oil on canvas by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1881).
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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.