Gustave Courbet French, 1819 – 1877
Young Ladies on the Banks of the Seine (Summer), 1856–57
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Two Parisian women lie in the grass under oak trees by the Seine on a summer day, one drowsing with half-closed eyes, the other gazing at the water with a bouquet in her hand. Courbet gave this idle, modern subject the scale of a history painting, and its frank sensuality caused a scandal at the Salon of 1857.
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A straw hat trimmed with flowers lies at the foot of the tree on the right, and a boat moored at the bank holds another hat and some fabric.
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