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The Hidden Brook

ca. 1873–77
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From 1873 until his death in 1877, Courbet lived in self-imposed exile in Switzerland. Separated from the people and places that inspired many of his canvases, and pressed to produce salable works, he made repetitions and variations of earlier compositions, often with the help of studio assistants. This landscape evokes the secluded streams, lush foliage, and craggy bluffs of the artist’s native Franche-Comté region in eastern France, particularly his views of the Puits-Noir (Black Well). The subject of his first success as a landscape painter, in 1855, it would recur in his work for more than a decade.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Hidden Brook
  • Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz)
  • Date: ca. 1873–77
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 23 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. (59.4 x 75.6 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: From the Collection of James Stillman, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.16.13
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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