courbet's other important painting that was shown at the salon of 1850 was a scene of life at his village. beginning in 1849, he painted the funeral of his great-uncle who had died the previous year. courbet got all the village people who had been at the funeral to come to his studio and pose for him, one by one, until the painting was complete. the painting was very large, 10 by 22 feet (3.1 by 6.6 meters). the famous artist jacques louis david had once painted a very large picture in the same way. david's picture was of the "coronation of napoleon" and showed all the people who were present.