The Pieta - William Bouguereau apostles Like the painting of François

Like the painting of François de Charette by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin

if not founders of a leading strand of the Baroque style

as if beholding a celestial vision

Portrait of one of the most famous Royalist leaders and brillant tactitian of the Vendee François-Athanase Charette de la Contrie

The Pieta - William Bouguereau apostles Like the painting of FrançoisWilliam Bouguereau personalised the participants in this terrible event of the Passion of Our Lord. The angels are individual characters showing individual responses. Mary is primarily a mother who has lost her only Son. This personal tribute to the overwhelming despair of a bereft parent is contained and concentrated within a classical format. The formality of the construction: the rainbow of angels, the detailed, almost photo realist, wine jug,