Minneapolis Institute of Art
Temptation
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
- Date
- 1880
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The title, although ambiguous, suggests a biblical interpretation of the shiny apple that woman holds in her hand. It thus refers to the apple of knowledge and the innocence of the child on the right. The outdoor setting suggests the landscape of Bouguereau’s native La Rochelle, a coastal town in northern France. It has also been described as an Arcadian background, based upon the seventeenth century idyllic representations of the Greek pastoral landscapes. Europe
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