Priestess of Bacchus, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
signed W-BOUGUEREAU and dated 1894 (lower left)
oil on canvas
67 1/4 by 36 in.
171 by 91.4 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, New York (and sold, Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 31, 1945, lot 80, illustrated (as Bacchante))
Private Collector (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Sotheby Parke Bernet, February 12, 1970, illustrated (as A Bacchante)
Private Collector (acquired at the above sale and until 2008)
Thence by descent
Literature
Marius Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 158
Mark Steven Walker, "William-Adolphe Bouguereau, A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings," William-Adolphe Bouguereau, L'Art Pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 74
Damien Bartoli with Frederick C. Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, p. 294, no. 1894/14 (with incorrect provenance), illustrated
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