Keywords: Young Ladies of the Village 1852 Gustave Courbet.jpg Artwork Creator Gustave Courbet en Courbet ™s three sisters ”Zélie Juliette and Zoé ” are strolling in the Communal a small valley near his native village of Ornans One of the girls offers alms to a young cowherd - 1851 1852 oil on canvas cm 194 9 261 Metropolitan Museum Gallery 812 Credit line ProvenanceEvent 1940 gift Harry Payne Bingham Exhibition history Salon 1852 bottom left G Courbet en Critics at the Salon 1852 attacked it as tasteless and clumsy They reviled the models ™ common features and countrified costumes the ridiculous little dog and cattle and the overall lack of unity including traditional perspective and scale Accession number 40 175 438820 Other versions PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Courbet Young Ladies of the Village Paintings by Gustave Courbet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1850s paintings by Gustave Courbet Ornans |