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The Return from the Conference
From the collection of Kunstmuseum Basel. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
In 1862/63, Courbet painted the large-scale canvas "Le retour de la conférence," depicting the return of drunk priests from a meeting. The anti-clerical subject provoked a scandal. The commission of the Paris Salon considered it provocative and rejected its inclusion in the 1863 exhibition. Courbet eventually showed the painting in his Paris studio, causing a great sensation. It remains unclear in research whether the Basel painting is u...
Kunstmuseum Basel’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLe retour de la conférence. 1863. ?: Gustave Courbet (1819–1877). Kunstmuseum Basel, Ankauf. Public domain.
