THE SOURCE, by Gustave Courbet, 1862, French painting
THE SOURCE, by Gustave Courbet, 1862, French painting, oil on canvas, French painting, oil on canvas. This is believed to be Courbets Realist retort to Neoclassicist Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres?s LA SOURCE of 1856, which depicts an idealized nude holding a jar from which water pours, an allusion to a spring and symbolizing poetic inspiration (BSLOC_2017_9_125)
Picture No
11965287
Media ID
45354103
Size
1831px x 3000px
(1.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Everett Collection
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