Courbet, the rebel leader of Realism, painted this sprawling nude for the Paris Salon of 1866, where its tangled hair and unidealized body caused a stir. A bright parrot perches on her raised hand.
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Woman with a Parrot
Gustave Courbet · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gustave Courbet, 1866. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (public domain).