The Bohemian is an oil painting on canvas completed in 1890 by the French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
It depicts a barefooted young woman sitting on a concrete bench on the south bank of the Seine across from Notre Dame de Paris resting a violin in her lap.
[3][4] Her hands are clasped with the fingers pointing forward while her shoulders are wrapped in a shawl dyed maroon and light green, and she is wearing a gray dress that extends to her ankles.
The subject is a model employed by Bouguereau for this and other paintings, including The Shepherdess.
It was owned by the Minneapolis Institute of Art until 2004 when it was auctioned by Christie's[5] to benefit the acquisition fund.