Världens ursprung

Gustave Courbet, 1866, Musée d’Orsay

‘Världens ursprung’ is a work by Gustave Courbet (France, 1819–1877). It is dated 1866. It is part of the collection Musée d’Orsay. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

It was commissioned by Halil Şerif Pasha. It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 46 × 55 cm. The work belongs to the genres nude and allegory. The things depicted include vulva, bed sheet, thigh, and abdomen.

The catalogue has 249 more works by Gustave Courbet.

• Realism