
Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeune femme lisant (A Young Woman Reading) c.1866–1868 Oil on canvas, 60 x 72.9 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Arcadie/Idylle: Famille de l’Antiquité (Arcadia/Idyll: Family from Antiquity) 1860 Oil on canvas, 61.3 x 51.1 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Bouguereau, one of the most successful painters of the nineteenth century, was particularly admired in the United States. He…