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The Woman in the Waves by Gustave Courbet — VisualArtsDB

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The Woman in the Waves

The Woman in the Waves

The Woman in the Waves

Gustave Courbet

1868

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (65.4 x 54 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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