Portrait of a Man
Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
Original Dimensions: 16 1/4" x 13 1/8"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (probably ca. 1862) "The distinctive receding hairline and full lips suggest that the sitter for this informal portrait may be the painter and art dealer Jules Luquet (1824–at least 1877), a supporter and friend of Courbet’s beginning in the 1860s. This painting’s format—modest in scale and with a strict focus on the head, turned from shadow into light to face the viewer—is one that Courbet seems to have favored for depictions of people he knew well." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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