The Source (Courbet)
Gustave Courbet · 1862
The story
The Source is an 1862 oil painting on canvas by the French realist painter Gustave Courbet. The painting shows a nude woman standing outside in nature, in a body of water.
- Artist
- Gustave Courbet
- Date
- 1862
- Collection
- The Met, New York, United States
- Movement
- academic art
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 120 × 74.3 cm
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