William BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) Figure of a slave, after Jacopo Tintoretto Oil on paper mounted on canvas Signed with the initials 'W.B' in pencil on the stretcher verso (Small dents) Without frame Slave figure after Jacopo Tintoretto, oil on paper laid down on canvas, signed, by W. Bouguereau 15.35 x 22.04 in. 39 x 56 cm Provenance: It has remained in the artist's family up to the present day; Private collection, Normandy This painting is a repeat of the motif of the slave in the lower left-hand section of The Miracle of Saint Mark Delivering the Slave, painted by Tintoretto in 1548 for the Scuola Grande di San Marco and now in the Accademia Galleries in Venice (no. 42). William BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) 39 x 56 cm