''Rêve de printemps'' ( en. ''Dream of Spring'') is a 1901 painting by the French painter

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 ...

. The painting is an

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, it shows a young woman sitting in a forest surrounded by three small

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who crown her with a wreath of spring flowers as '' déesse du printemps''.Dream of Spring (Rêve de printemps), Bouguereau, William-Adolphe
Indianapolis Museum of Art, www.imamuseum.orgIndianapolis Museum of Art receives major painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
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Mythological paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1901 paintings Paintings in the Indianapolis Museum of Art Paintings of Greek myths Allegorical paintings by French artists category:20th-century allegorical paintings Paintings of Cupid {{20C-painting-stub

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