# The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

- By: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/16490)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/7a2dfb6d283840fc6b18764f627f425c.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)