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The Proposal by William Adolphe Bouguereau — VisualArtsDB

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The Proposal

The Proposal

The Proposal

William Adolphe Bouguereau

1872

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 64 3/8 x 44 in. (163.5 x 111.8 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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