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Three Young Englishwomen by a Window
Gustave Courbet1865
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen V, Denmark
It is said that when Courbet saw the three daughters of an English wallpaper magnate in a colleague’s atelier, he was so smitten that he asked permission to paint them. The fascination of the girls’ hair has utterly dictated the composition with the three figures pulled right into the foremost plane.
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- Title: Three Young Englishwomen by a Window
- Creator: Gustave Courbet
- Creator Lifespan: 1819/1877
- Creator Gender: None
- Date Created: 1865
- Physical Dimensions: w725 x h925 mm
- Type: Painting. Oil on canvas
- External Link: http://www.glyptoteket.com/explore/the-collections/artwork/gustave-courbet-three-young-englishwomen-window
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