Rest (1879): Art, History and Details

Rest (1879) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

One of the most celebrated academic painters of his time, Bouguereau underscores the moral virtues of the Italian peasants in this painting by depicting the dome of St. Peter's in the distance. The idealized figures and their triangular grouping recall the Holy Family paintings by Renaissance master Raphael 400 years earlier. The painting was purchased directly from the artist by Cleveland banker and philanthropist Hinman B. Hurlbut in July 1879.

Object facts

• Title: Rest
• Date: 1879
• Creator attribution: William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
• Culture: France, 19th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on fabric
• Dimensions: Framed: 204 x 156 x 15 cm (80 5/16 x 61 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Unframed: 164.5 x 117.8 cm (64 3/4 x 46 3/8 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1915.722

Collection credit

Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• “Exhibitions.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 3, no. 4 (October 1916): 1–3.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Published as: Mother and Children.

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