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The Woman in the Waves

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The Woman in the Waves is an 1868 oil on canvas painting by the French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It shows a nude woman bathing in the sea, painted with realistic flesh tones, and is counted among Courbet's bathing and nude subjects from the late 1860s. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 2
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Genre
Painting 1
Year Created
1868 2
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Source The Woman in the Waves (Wikipedia)

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Source The Woman in the Waves (Wikipedia)

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Source Wikidata: The Woman in the Waves
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1. The Woman in the Waves (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Woman in the Waves (French - La Femme à la vague) is an 1868 painting by the French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
  • In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
    The Woman in the Waves (French - La Femme à la vague) is an 1868 painting by the French Realist painter Gustave Courbet, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The picture is notable for its realistic flesh tones and t
  • Created By: Gustave Courbet, Infobox: artist
    Gustave Courbet
  • In Group: Nudes and Bathers, Lead
    The picture is notable for its realistic flesh tones and trace of underarm hair.
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2. Wikidata: The Woman in the Waves
  • Wikidata Q39013, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)
  • Wikidata Q39013, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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