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Barefoot at the Stream
The bare feet on damp earth and the calves catching the last light — the figure's grounding in the physical world, mud and stream and skin meeting at the water's edge, resolve the painting's tension between desire and the natural world
Gustave Courbet
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The bare feet on damp earth and the calves catching the last light — the figure's grounding in the physical world, mud and stream and skin meeting at the water's edge, resolve the painting's tension between desire and the natural world
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Apr 16, 2026
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