Why it matters
A large nude woman gets out of the water in a sketchy landscape. It caused a major scandal at the Salon of 1853; the collector Alfred Bruyas bought it, which made Courbet financially independent.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1853.
- Bruyas paid 3,000 francs.
- It has been in the Musée Fabre since 1868.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Bathers (Courbet) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
