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TitleThe Shepherd David

Creator nameBouguereau, Elizabeth Jane Gardner

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1895

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNational Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

https://nmwa.org/art/collection/shepherd-david/

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsPainting, American--19th centuryWomen artistsHistory of Biblical events--Art

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Chapter 2. Studies in Europe (1866–1870)

Nancy Mowll Mathews

Mary Cassatt: A Life

~Mary Cassatt and her mother arrived in Paris for the Christmas season late in 1865. The parties and balls in Philadelphia in December and January would have been enjoyable, but the season in Paris was brilliant. For Americans, much of the entertainment revolved around parties and dinners held by the American consul and special services at the American Chapel....

Author

Nancy Mowll Mathews

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.29-61

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00343.2

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23328&redirecttoanchor=92278

Chapter subject tags:Impressionism (Art)--United StatesWomen artists--United States--19th centuryExpatriate artists--FrancePainting, American--19th centuryCassatt, Mary, 1844-1926

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