Date : approx. between 1850 and 1857
Dimensions : 130 cm x 96 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Purchase (1964)
Salon des Artistes français
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French Painting
Painting (Sc?ne ext?rieure)
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Two women recline on a shady riverbank on a summer afternoon. The one in front uses her dress as a pillow. Courbet provoked a scandal when he exhibited a larger version of this painting in 1857. Critics were disturbed that the women were only partially clothed and almost certainly prostitutes.
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