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COURBET, Gustave: Portrait of Alfred Bruyas

🖼 Portrait of Alfred Bruyas, 1853
Oil on canvas
91 × 72 cm
Montpellier, France

Frontal intensity captures a bearded man in dark coat against muted background, rendered with unflinching realism. Bruyas was Courbet's patron and champion of Realism; this portrait exemplifies the movement's commitment to authentic representation over idealization.

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