''Queen of the Angels'' ( la, Regina Angelorum) is an
oil painting
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest ...
by the
French
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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 ...
. Its dimensions are 285 × 185 cm.
It is exhibited at the
Petit Palais
The Petit Palais (; en, Small Palace) is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Built for the 1900 Exposition Universelle ("universal exhibition"), it now houses the City of Paris Museum of Fine Arts (''Musée des beaux-arts ...
.
References
1900 paintings
Paintings by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Paintings in the collection of the Petit Palais
Paintings of the Madonna and Child
Angels in art
Religious paintings
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