Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, 1865–66, Oil on canvas, 22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66 cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), The 'beautiful Irishwoman' depicted in this painting is Joanna Hiffernan (born 1842/43), mistress and model of the artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), and perhaps subsequently Courbet’s lover. Although dated 1866, the picture was likely undertaken in 1865, when the two men painted together at the French seaside resort of Trouville; Courbet wrote of 'the beauty of a superb redhead whose portrait I have begun
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Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, 1865–66, Oil, canvas, 22 x 26, 55.9 66 cm, Paintings, Gustave Courbet, French, Ornans, 1819–1877, Tour-de-Peilz, beautiful Irishwoman, depicted, painting, Joanna Hiffernan, born 1842, 43, mistress, model, artist James McNeill, Whistler, 1834–1903, perhaps subsequently, Courbet, lover, dated 1866, picture, undertaken, 1865, two men, painted, together, French seaside, resort, Trouville, Courbet wrote, beauty, superb redhead, portrait I, begun
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