Biblis, c. 1884
Oil on canvas
50×80.5 cm
Private collection
Bouguereau writes: “Among my paintings, “Biblis” is one that I love the most, one that I most enjoyed painting; this even though it was inspired by an incident in the atelier. One of my female models had just asked to rest from a tiring pose; when the young woman was in the process of standing up…
Zaidan Gallery 
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