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COURBET, Gustave (b. 1819, Ornans, d. 1877, La Tour-de-Peilz) |
Self-Portrait with Black Dog1842-44Oil on canvas, 46 x 56 cm Musée du Petit Palais, Paris | |
One of Courbet's earliest self-portraits, it surprises the spectator with the determination of the young man, his youth and the emphasis placed on the hand in the foreground. The Mannerist aesthetic is reminiscent of the self-portrait in a convex mirror by the Renaissance painter Parmigianino. |
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