William Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905), Chansons de printemps signed and dated 'W-Bouguereau-1889' (lower right), oil on canvas, 58½ x 39¼ in. (148.6 x 99.7 cm.) Painted in 1889. est $1-1.5 million. © Christie’s Images Ltd. 2007

NEW YORK.- On April 12, Christie’s New York will present 19th Century European Art and Orientalist Art, focusing on European and American painters who discovered and expressed the enigma and lushness of the Orient such as Frederick Arthur Bridgman and Felice Schiavoni as well as figureheads of 19th century European painting including William Adolphe Bouguereau, Arthur John Elsley, Giovanni Boldini, Mihaly Munkacsy and Alexej Alexejewitsch Harlamoff. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19691

Attributed to Eugène Devéria (French, 1805-1865), Roxane in Jean-Baptiste Racine's Bajazet, oil on canvas, 25¾ x 34½ in. (65.5 x 54.5 cm.), Painted circa 1838. est $200,000-300,000. © Christie’s Images Ltd. 2007.