Night, Bouguereau

Academic style painting titled "Night", oil on canvas painted in 1883 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
The canvas displays one of the most repeated motifs in the artist's career, a woman, usually representing a mythological goddess, floating in the air with various elements, in this case, it is about Nyx, the Greek deity of the night. Another example of a composition with the same style is the painting "Dawn".
Nyx is a primordial Greek goddess, daughter of Chaos, who will be the mother of many children. She is a powerful goddess, feared even by Zeus himself, of whom little is known because her cult was not widespread in Greece, it is believed, due to the darkness that surrounded her.
In this work, the French painter achieves an extraordinary performance in the texture of the skin.
Currently, this painting is part of the collection at the Hillwood Museum and Gardens in Washington DC, United States.