![Virgin of the Angels](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--CmZ5bP29xk/WF1yLNPBUKI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/46YNhK_jij0fPbFJT-_2oamom_OffpwFgCLcB/s400/Blessed%2BVirgin%2BMary%2BVirgin%2Bwith%2Bangels.jpg) |
Detail, Virgin of the Angels, William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1881. |
William Adolphe Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle, France on November 30, 1825. He painted in the French academic style and was considered by most to be a traditionalist. His realistic genre paintings often utilized mythological or biblical themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects. Here is a collection of his hauntingly beautiful paintings of the Madonna and Christ Child.
![The Queen of the Angels](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GMVpxQCj4BU/WF17CeV0VVI/AAAAAAAAG3U/IylOGR2_LjYB25QSDDdtSF4GXP4p8K3HgCLcB/s320/Solemnity%2Bof%2Bthe%2BBlessed%2BVirgin%2BMary.jpg) |
The Queen of the Angels, 1900 |
![The Virgin of the Lilies](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-24Hcog_k9QU/WF18cjdjM2I/AAAAAAAAG3g/B4cYi4uSEwouIFhl8xpJRdBdq3V5Eo2OgCLcB/s320/Madonna%2B%2526%2BChild.jpg) |
Detail, The Virgin of the Lilies, 1899 |
![Virgin and Child](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YqfOpbCWzpg/WF19xCA30rI/AAAAAAAAG3o/5bdAU6DbySwhPXL49zY017Ux-0F2cvPbwCLcB/s320/Madonna%2526Child.jpg) |
Detail,Virgin and Child, 1888 |
![The Madonna of the Roses](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eJamI83t0zc/WF1_uwV4TmI/AAAAAAAAG3w/l67GJlecvBgthPi6fUJ2t5XXZUf0ZTyFQCLcB/s320/Madonna%2Bof%2Bthe%2BRoses.jpg) |
Detail, The Madonna of the Roses, 1903 |
![Virgin of the Angels](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DIq2IRCDTZ4/WF2BsIo43-I/AAAAAAAAG34/JkPnXFZeW5kpRqFhI2D0yi2jtvSSc-uxQCLcB/s320/Christ%2BChild%2Bwith%2Bangels.jpg) |
Detail, Virgin of the Angels, 1881 |
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