The story
Caillebotte never exhibited or sold this nude, whose blunt anatomical realism broke with the idealized academic tradition. The model later became his mistress. It belongs to a group of male and female nude studies he made around 1880.
Nude on a Couch
c. 1880
Public domainThis image is free to download, share and reuse. The license is recorded as "Public domain" by Wikimedia Commons. See the evidence.
Object details
- Title
- Nude on a Couch
- Artist
- Gustave Caillebotte
- Date
- c. 1880
- Culture
- French
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Object type
- Paintings
- Collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Credit line
- Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
- Object number
- EFA.0768
- Original image
- 3000 × 1998 px
- Source record
- View on Wikimedia Commons
- License evidence
- See the license
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