The subject of this painting is Yvonne, one of Bouguereau's favorite models. She and her sisters, Jeanne and Marguerite, who also served as models, lived near La Rochelle, where Bouguereau found artistic inspiration on successive summers with his family from 1893 until the end of his career. Yvonne is immortalized at various stages of her childhood in a succession of Bouguereau's paintings. ___ HI RESOLUTION. William Adolphe Bouguereau [French academic painter, teacher, frescoist & draftsman. 1825 – 1905] Bouguereau was a traditionalist in his realistic genre paintings. He often used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of Classical subjects. Biography: www.artrenewal.org/pages/artist.php?artistid=7 Oil on canvas Sold at Sotheby's