William Tell Peter Paul This painting was reviously catalogued

This painting was reviously catalogued as Monamy

Only the head is finished

Although trained in Naples

The ship can be identified from the stork on her stern as the Ooeivaar

According to Robinson

William Tell Peter Paul This painting was reviously cataloguedThe fourteenth century Swiss legend of William Tell would have no doubt been particularly resonant for Bourgeois, whose father was from Switzerland. The tale centres on William Tell obeying governor Gessler's order to shoot an apple from his own son's head. He did, before killing the governor and liberating Switzerland from Austrian rule. Schiller's famous tragedy on Tell appeared in 1804, around the time this picture was painted. The influence of De