Le Travail interrompu

Le Travail interrompu (English: Work Interrupted) is a painting by nineteenth-century French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau in 1891. The painting is currently held in the Mead Art Museum in Amherst, Massachusetts.^[1]

Le Travail interrompu
Le Travail interrompu (1891)
Artist	William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Year	1891 (1891)
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	160 cm × 99.7 cm (63 in × 39.3 in)
Location	Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

The painting shows a woman seated beside an urn filled with balls of wool; Cupid is leaning across her shoulders applying perfume to her ear. The delicate luminous colours combined with the barely visible brush strokes are typical of the artist's work.^[1]

See also

• William-Adolphe Bouguereau gallery