Charity

Charity by William-Adolphe Bouguereau shows a woman wearing a white veil and a teal-blue draped garment, gently holding two naked infants against a dark, foliage-filled background. The figures are modeled with flawless, smooth skin tones and precise anatomy, rendered with soft, even lighting that gives them a luminous, sculptural quality. The composition centers the maternal figure and the children, with their bodies arranged in a gentle diagonal, embodying a restrained, idealized form characteristic of Bouguereau’s Academic Realism and classical devotional style.