The Painter's Studio

Gustave Courbet

1854–1855 · Oil on canvas · Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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The Painter's Studio

A Burial at Ornans

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About this work

Artist: Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
Year: 1854–1855
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 361 × 598 cm
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Movement: Realism

Courbet sits at his easel in the centre of a vast studio painting a landscape of his native Franche-Comté, with a nude model looking over his shoulder, a small boy watching and a white cat at his feet. To the right are his friends and supporters, Baudelaire reading at the far edge, the critic Champfleury, the collector Bruyas, the philosopher Proudhon; to the left the figures of everyday life, a priest, a hunter, a merchant, a gravedigger, an Irish beggar woman, and a Jewish peddler, a cast he described as those who live on death and those who live on life. He subtitled it a real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life. Rejected by the 1855 Exposition Universelle, it was shown in his own Pavilion of Realism next door. The Louvre bought it by public subscription in 1920; it is in the Musée d'Orsay.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A crowded studio with a painter at his easel, a nude model and a cat at the centre, in browns, greys and a flash of landscape, a very wide painting for a living room, studio or library at 36×24 in black. Warm grey, olive or deep red walls suit it; pair it with A Burial at Ornans.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Realism painting
Era: 19th century (1854–1855)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: grand
Rooms: living room, study or library, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; natural wood lightens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory in the public domain?

Yes. Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Musée d'Orsay.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 18×12, 24×16 and 36×24 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory painted, and in what medium?

The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory dates from 1854–1855 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 361 × 598 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 36×24 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 24×16 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Painter's Studio: A Real Allegory we'd choose 36×24. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

The Painter's Studio (Gustave Courbet) — The Painter's Studio · Gustave Courbet · 1854–1855. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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