Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau)

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Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau), 1863. oil on fabric.

oil on fabric · Framed: 112.4 x 93 x 12.1 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Realism

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Museum title: Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau)
Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Date: 1863
Medium: oil on fabric
Dimensions: Framed: 112.4 x 93 x 12.1 cm (44 1/4 x 36 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 81 x 61.2 cm (31 7/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Credit line: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1819–1877

Realism c. 1840–late 1800s

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.