How does The Source (Courbet) elucidate its Inspiration?
Many people believe that Courbet’s painting was inspired by the 1856 oil painting The Source by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Both paintings show fully nude women and share similar nature scenes. Courbet’s painting has also been compared to The Moon and The Earth painting done by Paul Gauguin in 1893. Courbet’s painting is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Paul Gauguin Metropolitan Museum of Art