{"product_id":"young-ladies-of-the-village-gustave-courbet-2","title":"Young Ladies of the Village - Gustave Courbet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYoung Ladies of the Village\u003c\/b\u003e, painted by \u003cb\u003eGustave Courbet\u003c\/b\u003e between 1851 and 1852, stands as one of the most provocative and celebrated works of nineteenth-century French Realism. Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1852, the painting caused immediate controversy by depicting three elegantly dressed bourgeois women — Courbet's own sisters — in a rural landscape, interacting with a young cowherd girl. The juxtaposition of refined middle-class figures against the rugged countryside of the Franche-Comté region was a deliberate challenge to academic conventions that reserved monumental scale for historical, mythological, or religious subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCourbet's technique is masterful: his thick, sensuous brushwork renders the landscape with raw immediacy, while the figures are rendered with a quiet, almost unsentimental dignity. The scene subtly interrogates class boundaries and the relationship between the urban bourgeoisie and rural working life, themes central to Courbet's radical artistic vision. The sweeping hills and overcast sky anchor the composition in a specific, lived-in world rather than an idealized pastoral fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow housed at \u003cb\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/b\u003e, this iconic work is presented here as a \u003cb\u003epremium stretched canvas reproduction\u003c\/b\u003e, printed on matte artist-grade canvas and hand-wrapped around a solid 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to display and built to last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGustave Courbet\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1851–52\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOil on canvas\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e76 3\/4 x 102 3\/4 in. (194.9 x 261 cm)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eCollection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cb\u003eMovement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRealism\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:24px;font-size:14px;border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:12px 0 8px\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable sizes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 × 20 cm (10″ × 8″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMedium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e76 × 51 cm (30″ × 20″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:4px 0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e152 × 102 cm (60″ × 40″)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding:8px 0 4px;color:#888;font-size:13px\"\u003eAll sizes include a 0.75\" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required.\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Gallerivm","offers":[{"title":"S — 40×30 cm","offer_id":60071959462222,"sku":"GLV-19223013710-S","price":39.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M — 50×40 cm","offer_id":60071960248654,"sku":"GLV-19223013710-M","price":59.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L — 90×60 cm","offer_id":60071960281422,"sku":"GLV-19223013710-L","price":89.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1044\/1637\/9214\/files\/DT1967_0403654a-c01d-4bef-bce8-905a404e782a.jpg?v=1783509376","url":"https:\/\/gallerivm.com\/products\/young-ladies-of-the-village-gustave-courbet-2","provider":"Gallerivm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}