The Nut Gatherers

The Nut Gatherers (Les Noisettes) is an 1882 painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It is one of the most popular pieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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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-guh-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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