Mme L... (Laure Borreau)
1863
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Mme L... (Laure Borreau), 1863. Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877). Oil on fabric; framed: 112.4 x 93 x 12.1 cm (44 1/4 x 36 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 81 x 61.2 cm (31 7/8 x 24 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1962.2 Courbet once wrote of Laure Borreau, the sitter in this portrait, "I am in love with a splendid lady, the driving force behind my triumph."
- Maker/Artist
- Courbet, Gustave
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Framed: 112.4 x 93 x 12.1 cm (44 1/4 x 36 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 81 x 61.2 cm (31 7/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed lower right: Gustave Courbet / . . 63
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1962.2
- Credit Line
- Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review - 1962, Style, Truth and the Portrait, Gustave Courbet, Courbet, Artist and Entrepeneur, Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from American Collections, Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, <em>Salon.</em> Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France. Salon (1863)., <em>Exposition d'art français du XIXe siècle.</em> Paul Rosenberg, Possibly Paris, France (1917)., <em>Cinquante ans de peinture française</em>. Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (1925)., <em>Portraits et figures de femmes. Ingres à Picasso</em>. Galerie de La Renaissance, Paris, France (1928)., <em>Exposition Gustave Courbet</em>. Palais des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris (Petit Palais), Paris, France (1929)., <em>Exposition d'oeuvres importantes de Grands Maîtres du dix-neuvième siècle</em>. Galerie Paul Rosenberg, Paris, France (1931)., <em> Loans in Honor of the Opening of the Avery Memorial.</em> Wadsworth Athenaeum. Hartford, CT (1934)., <em>Exposition Gustave Courbet</em>. Paul Rosenberg, Paris, France (1937)., <em>Honderd Jaar Fransche Kunst.</em> Stedelijk Museum. Amsterdam, Netherlands (1938)., <em>Gustave Courbet 1819-1877</em>. London, Rosenberg & Helft Ltd., London, United Kingdom (1938)., <em>Great French Masters of the Nineteenth Century</em>: Corot to Van Gogh. Paul Rosenberg & Co. New York, NY (1942)., <em>French Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries </em>. Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI (1942)., <em>Art of the United Nations</em>. M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA (1945)., <em>Great French Masters of the 19th Century.</em> Possibly Paul Rosenberg & Co, New York, NY (November, 17 -December 6, 1947)., <em>Exhibition of 19th Century French Paintings. </em>Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY (1954)., <em>Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Gustave Courbet</em>. Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, NY (1956)., <em>Gustave Courbet 1819-1877</em>. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; (December 17, 1959-February 14, 1960); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (February 26, 1960-April 14, 1960)., <em>Courbet in Private French Collections</em>. Galerie Claude Aubry, Paris, France (May 5-June 25, 1966)., <em>Gustave Courbet 1819-1877. </em>Villa Medici, Rome, Italy (October 28, 1969-January 6, 1970)., <em>Courbet 1819-1877</em>. Galerie Daber, Paris, France (October 16 to November 15, 1975)., <em>Gustave Courbet 1819-1877</em>. Royal Academy, London, United Kingdom (January 19-March 19, 1977); Grand Palais, Paris, France (October 1, 1977-January 2, 1978)., <em>Courbet und Deutschland.</em> Stadische Galerie,Hamburg, Germany (October 19-December 17, 1978); Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany (January 17-March 18, 1979)., <em>Courbet Reconsidered</em>. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (November 4, 1988-January 16, 1989); Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (February 18-April 30, 1989).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 220 19th Century European
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