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Gustave Courbet

Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi

1877
oil on fabric
151.2 × 210.2 cm (59.5 × 82.8 in)

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified July 2026

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This late, unfinished painting reveals some of Courbet's techniques. At the top of the mountains you can see how different brushstrokes and thickly applied paint were used to differentiate the texture of the clouds from the snow.

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