''A Little Coaxing'' (french: Câlinerie) is an

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by the

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artist

William-Adolphe Bouguereau William-Adolphe Bouguereau (; 30 November 1825 – 19 August 1905) was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female ...

, painted and completed in 1890, and now owned by a private collector. It depicts two barefooted sisters, the older girl sitting on a

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step and the younger sister giving her a kiss on the cheek.

References

Paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1890 paintings Portraits of women Children in art Allegorical paintings by French artists 19th-century allegorical paintings {{19C-painting-stub