The Brook of Les Puits-Noir, by Gustave Courbet, c. 1855
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The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)

c. 1855

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
46.5 × 55.7 cm (18 1/4 × 21 7/8 in.); Framed: 77.5 × 87.7 × 9.6 cm (30 1/2 × 34 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Culture
France
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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