Now on view at Sotheby’s New York, La Jeunesse de Bacchus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau will carry an estimate of $25m-35m in May.
Sotheby’s is to offer what it deems “the most important work of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s celebrated career” as part of the Impressionist & Modern art evening sale in New York on May 14, writes Roland Arkell.
Consigned by direct descendants of the artist, La Jeunesse de Bacchus will carry an estimate of $25m-35m.