The Bacchante (Courbet)
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ArtistGustave Courbet
YearUndated (between 1844 and 1847)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions65 cm × 81 cm (26 in × 32 in)
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| Artist | Gustave Courbet |
| Year | Undated (between 1844 and 1847) |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 65 cm × 81 cm (26 in × 32 in) |
| Location | Fondation Rau, Cologne |
The Bacchante is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Gustave Courbet, produced between 1844 and 1847. The painting's title relates the work to images of Bacchantes from Greco-Roman mythology and to Renaissance paintings and sculptures on that subject.
It is one of Courbet's earliest surviving works, painted when he was still under the influence of nudes by the old masters such as Correggio and his Venus, Satyr and Cupid. Another female nude by Courbet from around the same time is Female nude sleeping by a stream (Detroit Institute of Arts).
