Portrait of H. J. van Wisselingh (Q72753427)

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genre: portrait (Q134307)
artist: Gustave Courbet (Q34618)
collection: Kimbell Art Museum (Q1741629)
location: Kimbell Art Museum (Q1741629)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) panel (Q106857709)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 20450623
RKDimages ID: 181395
Google Arts & Culture asset ID: egFyECf0d6K0rw

catalog URL: https://www.kimbellart.org/collection-object/portrait-h-j-van-wisselingh

information from the Kimbell Art Museum catalog

description: Courbet was born at Ornans, near the Swiss border of France. After he went to Paris in 1840, he evolved a vigorous Realism with profound and influential philosophical and political implications. Already in the Salon of 1846, Courbet’s work was noticed by the Dutch art dealer H. J. van Wisselingh, who bought two paintings and presumably commissioned this portrait. Van Wisselingh also invited Courbet to visit Holland the following year so that he could study Rembrandt.

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