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Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Creator
	Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French)
	French, 1819-1877
	Artist
Work
	Woman with a Parrot, 1866
	51 x 77 in. (129.5 x 195.6 cm)
	Painting
	Oil on canvas
Ownership
	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA
	H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
	Rights
	Accession Number: 29.100.57
Commentary
	Context: When this painting was shown in the Salon of 1866, critics censured Courbet's "lack of taste" as well as his model's "ungainly" pose and "disheveled hair." Clearly, Courbet's woman was perceived as provocative. The picture, however, was admired by contemporary artists: Cézanne seems to have carried a small photograph of it in his wallet, and in 1866 Manet began his version of the subject, "Young Lady in 1866 (Woman with a Parrot)" (MMA.89.21.3).
Descriptive Terms
	Paintings
Record Identification
	MMA_.29.100.57

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