Gustave Courbet

The Source



Gustave Courbet - The Source



Gustave Courbet
The Source
1862
120 x 74.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929


Provenance

With Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
private collection, Bordeaux (until 1916; sold to Durand-Ruel)
with Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1916; sold on April 11 to Durand Ruel
with Durand-Ruel, New York, 1916, stock no. 3954; sold on March 11 for Fr 50,000, to Havemeyer
Mrs. H. O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York (1916–d. 1929; cat., 1931, pp. 80–81, ill.)
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External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 29.100.58

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Gustave Courbet Head of a Baby
Head of a Baby
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Gustave Courbet A Brook in a Clearing (possibly
A Brook in a Clearing (possibly "Brook, Valley of Fontcouverte; Study")
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Gustave Courbet Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare
Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare
1857

Gustave Courbet The Gust of Wind
The Gust of Wind
c. 1865

Gustave Courbet The Young Bather
The Young Bather
1866