William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) Study of an Upside-Down Dog Black pencil Bears the artist's stamp (L.3838) affixed upside down towards the top right-hand corner Repeat of the motif on the reverse KF watermarked paper Without frame Study of dog, pen, by W. A. Bouguereau 12.20 x 18.50 in. 31 x 47 cm Provenance: It has remained in the artist's family up to the present day; Private collection, Normandy Our drawing is a preparatory study for the dog found at the bottom of the painting The Hunt, one of the four decorations created for the ceiling of a pavilion in the Moulun family home in Angoulins near La Rochelle, around 1855 (see D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, New York, Antique collectors' club, 2010, t. 2, p. 38, cat. 1855/01B, rep. ). William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) 31 x 47 cm Our drawing is a preparatory study for the dog at the bottom of the painting The Hunt, one of the four decorations created for the ceiling of a pavilion in the Moulun family home in Angoulins near La Rochelle, around 1855 (see D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, New York, Antique collectors' club, 2010, t. 2, p. 38, cat. 1855/01B, rep. ).