COURBET, Gustave
(b. 1819, Ornans, d. 1877, La Tour-de-Peilz)

Young Man in a Landscape (The Guitarrero)

1844
Oil on canvas, 55 x 41 cm
Private collection

Until the Revolution of 1848 only three of Courbet's pictures had to date been accepted by the Salon, the three self-portraits Self-Portrait with Black Dog, The Guitarrero, and Man with Leather Belt. These had the merit of making the artist as visible as the work.