Young Girl in a Veil (1880). Hugues Merle (French, 1823-1881). Oil on canvas.Hugues Merle became a f
Young Girl in a Veil (1880). Hugues Merle (French, 1823-1881). Oil on canvas.Hugues Merle became a friend of Paul Durand-Ruel in the early 1860s. Durand-Ruel had started buying paintings by Merle in 1862 and introduced the artist to painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Merle was later often compared to Bouguereau and “became a considerable rival of Bouguereau in subject and treatment.” -- source link
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