Bouguereau represents himself here at 54, in the prime of life, the legion of honor at the buttonhole, in a solemn pose, three-quarters, but the face of the front. The comparison with photographs of him, however, allows us to see that he has benefited his physiognomy by reducing the ear and nose. Bouguereau made eight self-portraits at different times in his life. He made a counterpart to the portrait of elizabeth jane gardner, a painter of american origin whom he married in 1896. The two works painted in 1879 formed a pair and constituted, for bouguereau, a pledge of love for his fiancée. Object Type: painting. Genre: self-portrait. Date: 1879. Place of creation: France. Dimensions: height: 46 cm (18.1 in) ; width: 38 cm (14.9 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Depicted People: William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Collection: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Self portrait, by William Bouguereau
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