The Bohemian
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The Bohemian |
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1890 |
oil on canvas |
149.9 × 106.7 cm |
Philbrook Museum of Art |
The Bohemian is a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau completed in 1890. It depicts a young woman sitting on a concrete bench on the south bank of the Seine across from Notre Dame de Paris, barefooted, her hands folded across her knee, resting a violin in her lap. Her shoulders are wrapped in a shawl dyed maroon and light green, and she is wearing a gray dress that extends to her ankles. To her right is a maple tree.
The subject is a model employed by Bouguereau for this and other paintings, including The Shepherdess.
It is currently owned by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.