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The Apostle Jean Journet

A work made of lithograph in black on wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph in black on wove paper.

Date:

1850

Artist:

Gustave Courbet
French, 1819-1877

About this artwork

Jean Journet was a nineteenth-century secular evangelist who traveled throughout France and Belgium preaching on behalf of the Fourier movement, a form of utopian socialism that aspired to the creation of social harmony. This portrait of Journet is surrounded by verses intended to be sung by the reader as a moralizing call to change. Courbet’s use of this format of text combined with image-more commonly found in crude, popular woodcuts-signals his solidarity with the movement and its popular roots.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Gustave Courbet

Title

The Apostle Jean Journet

Place

France (Artist's nationality)

Date

Made 1850

Medium

Lithograph in black on wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 24 × 17 cm (9 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.); Sheet: 47.2 × 34.2 cm (18 5/8 × 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1940.88

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