Courbet's 'L’Origine du monde' model?
September 26 2018

Picture: The Times
New research has apparently uncovered the name of the model used by Gustav Courbet for his famous picture 'L’Origine du Monde'. She was the opera singer Constance Queniaux, above. More here in The Times.
Regular readers will know that various attempts have been made to identify the model, such as this one here from 2013.

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