The First Mourning

William Bouguereau, 1888, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina

‘The First Mourning’ is a work by William Bouguereau (France, 1825–1905). It is dated 1888. It is part of the collection National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 203 × 250 cm. The work belongs to the genres religious art and nude. The things depicted include Adam, Eve, Abel, and corpse.

The catalogue has 249 more works by William Bouguereau.