Gustave Courbet

c. 1860s

Étienne Carjat

Associated Names
Étienne Carjat

Artist, French, 1828 - 1906

The image shows a man seated on a chair, leaning slightly to his right. He has one hand on his thigh and the other holds a painter's palette on his lap. He has a beard and mustache, styled hair, and is smoking a pipe. He wears a light-colored shirt with rolled-up sleeves and dark trousers, holding a paintbrush. Beside him, an easel displays a painting of potted plants and flowers. The background is plain.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Thomas Harris, New York); NGA purchase, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, top right in graphite: Courbet; lower left on mount printed in gold ink: ETIENNE CARJAT & CIE PHOT.; lower right: 10 RUE Ntrd De DE LORETTE; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: COURBET; center printed in brown ink: AU REZ-DE-CHAUSSEE / Nouvelle / PHOTOGRAPHIE / ÉTIENNE CARJAT & CIE / RUE NOTRE DAM / 10 / DE LORETTE / MAISON FONDÉE EN 1867 / MEDAILLES MEDAILLES / LONDRES LONDRES / 1861 EXPOSITION 1861 / PARIS UNIVERSELLE PARIS / 1863-1864 1863-1864 / BERLIN 1867 BERLIN / 1865 1865

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