Art, literature & history
The Woman in the Waves
1868
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (65.4 x 54 cm)
- Collection no.
- 29.100.62
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Gustave Courbet. The Woman in the Waves. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Woman in the Waves — Gustave Courbet. 1868.
Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (65.4 x 54 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.