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William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (1825–1905) Portrait of Willie Vincens, the artist’s grandson; preparatory study for *The Youth of Bacchus* Canvas mounted on panel, corners trimmed 41.5 x 32 cm PROVENANCE: Anonymous sale, Paris, Artcurial, February 7, 2023, lot 291, illustrated. NOTE: Our preparatory study was executed around 1883 for the painting *The Youth of Bacchus*, which is in a private collection (see D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, *William Bouguereau: Catalogue Raisonné of His Painted Work*, New York, 2010, no. 1884/01, illustrated). The model for the figure of Bacchus as a child is Bouguereau’s own grandson, Willie Vincens.
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