Focus on Self-Portrait with a Black Dog and explain the Analysis.
Courbet presents himself in the fashion of the time, with his bohemianism symbolized by his black cape hemmed in light, striped trousers, and long hair, in a landscape of his native land, which was assumed to be the Bonnevaux valley, but which is undoubtedly partly imaginary. By settling in the open air, he follows the process of the English portrait painters of the 18th century, which was in vogue during the Romantic era.The style and the motif of the painting are noticeably inspired by Théodore Géricault, but also by the "serpentine line" of William Hogarth.
Théodore Géricault William Hogarth Romantic Courbet