Lovers in the Country, Sentiments of the Young Age
by COURBET, Gustave, Oil on canvas, 61 x 51 cm
This painting belongs to the series of self-portraits in which the artist depicted himself in various moods. These self-portraits show the influence of Titian, Vel�zquez and Rembrandt whose works Courbet studied in the Louvre. In this romantic self-portrait Courbet is represented with Virginie Binet, the mother of his son born in 1847.
The first version is in the Mus�e des Beaux-Arts in Lyon.