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Rêverie (Portrait of Gabrielle Borreau)

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Rêverie (Portrait of Gabrielle Borreau), 1862. Oil on paper, mounted on canvas.

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Oil on paper, mounted on canvas · 63.5 × 77 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Realism

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Museum title
Rêverie (Portrait of Gabrielle Borreau)
Artist
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Date
1862
Medium
Oil on paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions
63.5 × 77 cm (25 × 30 5/16 in.); Framed: 98.5 × 112.4 cm (38 3/4 × 44 1/4 in.)
Credit line
Gift of Joseph Winterbotham Collection
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1819–1877

Realism c. 1840–late 1800s

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Rêverie (Portrait of Gabrielle Borreau) · Gustave Courbet, 1862
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