Why it matters
A chamois looks upwards in profile before a mountain landscape. Courbet painted it during his exile in Switzerland; Picasso later owned it.
Did you know?
- It dates from around 1875.
- Picasso bought it in the 1940s.
- It has been in the Musée Picasso since 1978.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Tête de chamois (CC BY-SA 4.0).
