Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie), Gustave Courbet, 1871

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Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie), 1871, Black chalk (rubbed) on wove paper, Overall: 10 3/16 x 6 1/2 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819–1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), The intensity of Courbet's political views landed him in prison in 1871. As a leading dissident of the liberal Paris Commune, he was held responsible for the destruction of the Vendôme Column and was locked up in the stables of Versailles

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Size: 3240px × 6173px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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