William-Adolphe BouguereauFrench, 1825–1905Philomèle et Procné
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Philomèle et Procné” now? Collection: Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau. Unknown.
Fontainebleau, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RF 65
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau
- Image: Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau — © Gérard Blot ; © Réunion des musées nationaux - utilisation soumise à autorisation; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The whole lifelate 1850s
Paul Durand-Ruel and genre pictures
His growing family needs a steady income, and it comes from his acquaintance with the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel, later the champion of the Impressionists: through him Bouguereau also meets Hugues Merle, who is later often compared with him. Small genre pictures — women in folk costume, family scenes — are in demand, predominate in Durand-Ruel’s own collection and open a new direction in Bouguereau’s work.
1859
Son born: Georges Bouguereau
12 July 1859 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
25 December 1861
Daughter born: Jeanne Bouguereau
1863
The Salon of 1863: Napoleon III buys the “Holy Family”
Three paintings by Bouguereau are shown at the Salon of 1863, and Napoleon III buys the “Holy Family” (now at the Chimei Museum), presenting it to his wife, the Empress Eugénie, who hangs it in her apartment in the Tuileries. By the 1860s Bouguereau’s fame has also reached England.
