L'Origine du monde
oil-on-canvas painted by Gustave Courbet (1866)
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Summary
L'Origine du monde is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 0.84% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,177 views/month, #50 of 5,957).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Gustave Courbet[3]
- Commissioned by: Halil Şerif Pasha[4]
- Owned by: French State[5], Ferenc Hatvany[6]
- Movement: French Realism[7]
- Genre: nude[8], allegory[9], figure painting[10]
- Depicts: vulva[11], bed sheet[12], thigh[13], abdomen[14], bed[15], female breast[16], pubic hair[17], nudity[18], woman[19], lying[20], navel[21], areola[22], nipple[23], lower leg[24]
- Made from material: oil paint[25], canvas[26]
- Collection: Musée d'Orsay[27]
- Inventory number: RF 1995 10[28]
- Location: Musée d'Orsay[29]
- Commons category: L'Origine du monde (Gustave Courbet)[30]
- Catalog code: 521[31], 530[32]
- Inception: January 1, 1866[33]
- Exhibition history: Musée d'Orsay[34], Brooklyn Museum[35], Ornans[36], Beyeler Foundation[37]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 31A721[38], 58A1(+3)[39], 51A11(+3)[40]
- Described by source: 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die[41]
- Title: L'Origine du monde[42]
- Height: 46 cm[43]
- Width: 55 cm[44]
- Model: Constance Quéniaux[45]
- Derivative work: Q137160517[46]
- IIIF manifest URL: https://iiif.musee-orsay.fr/Manifester/IIIF/3/objects!69330/manifest.json[47]
- Copyright status: public domain[48]
Why It Matters
L'Origine du monde has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]