A woman with three children huddled in front of the church of the madeleine in paris. Bouguereau staged his homeless/poor peasant family against the portico of the church of madeleine in paris with michelangelo’s conservator palace in rome in the distance. Object Type: painting. Genre: allegory. Date: 1865. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 121.9 cm (47.9 in); width: 152.4 cm (60 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Bouguereau, William-Adolphe - Charity - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
