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The Source of the Loue
Curator’s note

The Source of the Loue

A landscape by Gustave Courbet depicting the cave where the river Loue rises near his native region. Built up with thick paint and palette knife, it shows his powerful sense of material reality in the rocks and rushing water.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date
1864
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39 1/4 x 56 in. (99.7 x 142.2 cm)
On view
Gallery 811
Source:The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access)CC0View source
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