COURBET GUSTAVE: (1819-1877)

COURBET GUSTAVE: (1819-1877) French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th century French painting. A good vintage signed carte-de-visite photograph, the sepia albumen print by an unidentified photographer depicting Courbet seated in a three-quarter length pose. Signed ('G. Courbet') in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the lower photographer's mount. One very small dark stain at the head of the image and with some very minor traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG