Le Travail interrompu

Le Travail interrompu

Le Travail interrompu (1891)
Artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Year 1891 (1891)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 160 cm × 99.7 cm (63 in × 39.3 in)
Location Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Le Travail interrompu (English: Work Interrupted) is a painting painted by nineteenth century French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1891. The painting is currently held in the Mead Art Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts.[1]

The painting shows a woman seated beside an urn filled with balls of wool; Cupid is leaning across her shoulders applying perfume to her ear. The delicate luminous colours combined with the barely visible brush strokes are typical of the artists work.[1]


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  1. 1 2 "Collections Database". Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium. Retrieved 2013-07-15.

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