Keywords: Les Baigneuses-Courbet.jpg The Bathers Les Baigneuses Oil on canvas 227x193 cm Institution Musée Fabre Montpellier http //museefabre-en montpellier-agglo com/index php/connaitre/les_grands_parcours/parcours_moderne/la_modernite_de_1850_a_1914/37/ 28numPage 29/0/ 28pageSize 29/9/ 28num_oeuvre 29/musee MUS_BIEN 3650 Official gallery link ca 1853 Creator Gustave Courbet This is one of Courbet's three provocative works the other two being the Wrestlers and the Sleeping Woman The picture itself was larger than usual He challenged the typical depictions of a nude body with dirty feet and heavy figure It was purchased for 3 000 francs by a man who would become his friend 1850s paintings by Gustave Courbet 1853 Paintings by Gustave Courbet in the Musée Fabre 1853 |