La Danse (The Dance) is a painting created by artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau around 1856. The painting is currently held in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. William Bouguereau (pronounced vill-yam boo-goh-roe) was a staunch traditionalist whose realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were modern interpretations of Classical subjects with a heavy...
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