The Greyhounds of the Comte de Choiseul
- Artist
- Gustave Courbet, French, 1819–1877
- Date
- 1866
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- Depicts
- Deauville, Basse-Normandie, France, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 35 1/4 x 45 7/8 in. (89.5 x 116.5 cm)
framed: 45 1/2 × 56 1/8 × 3 5/8 in. (115.6 × 142.6 × 9.2 cm) - Credit Line
- Funds given by Mrs. Mark C. Steinberg
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 168:1953
NOTES
Gustave Courbet spent the summer of 1866 in Deauville on the Normandy coast of France as a guest of the young Comte de Choiseul. While he was there, the artist painted this commissioned portrait of his host's two greyhounds. Courbet emphasized the elegant appearance and high breed of the dogs by portraying them from below, as if they were looking down on the viewer.