Breton Brother and Sister

Breton Brother and Sister
Artist	William Bouguereau
Year	1871
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	129.2 cm × 89.2 cm (50.9 in × 35.1 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Accession	87.15.32

Breton Brother and Sister is a mid 19th-century painting by French artist William Bouguereau. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a Breton brother and sister in traditional costume. The work - though created in 1871 - was created on the basis of sketches Bouguereau made in the late 1860s while vacationing in Brittany. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[1]

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