Who are the models in William Bouguereau's paintings?

Question

I am very interested in the people William Bouguereau used as models for his paintings. I know that they didn't exactly have the best record keeping back in the 1800's but I am still very interested to know more about these girls if there is anything to know. In particular I want to know more about the girl in the painting The Bohemian who also modeled in The Shepherdess. I have tried to find anything about these paintings but all I can find is a catalog of Bouguereau's work or a short statement about his life.

Answer 1

Because the paintings are so old and artists did not keep records of who they used, then you probably won't find anything out about them . Unless they were from a well to do family or Royalty then there would be records of who they were.
Most likely they were just common street woman who were paid by the artist to model for him.