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The Source

1862

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The story

Many believe Courbet took his cue from Ingres's The Source of 1856, another fully nude woman beside a stream. Who posed for Courbet is unknown, and the collector Louisine Havemeyer bought the canvas from the dealer Durand-Ruel by cable in 1915.

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Object details

Title: The Source
Artist: Gustave Courbet
Date: 1862
Culture: French
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit line: Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true).
Object number: EFA.0485
Original image: 1863 × 3000 px
Source record: View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Gustave Courbet. The Source. 1862. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true). In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0485/