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COURBET, Gustave: Portrait of H. J. van Wisselingh

🖼 Portrait of H. J. van Wisselingh, 1846
Oil on canvas
57 × 46 cm
Fort Worth, USA

Soft brushwork renders a bearded gentleman in three-quarter view, his contemplative gaze emerging from warm, shadowed tones. Courbet's intimate portrait exemplifies Realist practice—rejecting idealization for honest psychological presence and tactile paint surfaces that influenced modern portraiture.

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