Curator’s note

Madame Frederic Breyer (Fanny Hélène Van Bruyssel, 1830–1894)

A portrait by the Realist master Gustave Courbet of Madame Breyer, depicting her with calm elegance and the unidealized, truthful observation he championed.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date: 1858
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 28 5/8 in. (91.4 x 72.7 cm)
On view: Gallery 809

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ArtistGustave Courbet PeriodImpressionism CountryFrance MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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