William BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) Study for 'Alma Mater' known as 'Alma Parens Oil on canvas (Original canvas) (Micro lifting) Study for 'Alma Parens', oil on canvas, by W. Bouguereau 18.30 x 11.81 in. 46.5 x 30 cm Provenance: It has remained in the artist's family up to the present day; Private collection, Normandy Our work is a preparatory study for Alma Parens (fig. 1), exhibited at the 1883 Salon and kept in a private collection (Damien Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, catalogue raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, pp. 216 - 217, cat. 1883/02). Bouguereau depicts "La Mère Nourricière" (Alma Mater): an allegory of the France of his time. William BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) 46.5 x 30 cm