The Grain Sifters
by COURBET, Gustave, Oil on canvas, 131 x 167 cm
The women here are Courbet’s sisters, Zo� and Juliette, along with Courbet’s son, D�sir� Binet. A masterpiece of rural simplicity, it is a brilliant example of the genre scene and reminiscent of Millet. The painting was exhibited at the 1855 Salon.