L'Origine du monde by Thierry Savatier5/28/2023 ![]() The claim reported by Paris Match was characterized as dubious by Le Monde art critic Philippe Dagen, indicating differences in style, and that canvas similarities could be caused by buying from the same shop. No other conclusions were reported by the CARAA. ![]() ![]() The Daily Telegraph reported that "experts at the art research centre CARAA (Centre d'Analyses et de Recherche en Art et Archéologie) were able to align the two paintings via grooves made by the original wooden frame and lines in the canvas itself, whose grain matched." According to CARAA, it performed pigment analyses which were identified as classical pigments of the 2nd half of the 19th century. The Musée d'Orsay has indicated that L'Origine du monde was not part of a larger work. ![]() Fernier has stated that because of the conclusions reached after two years of analysis, the head will be added to the next edition of the Courbet catalogue raisonné. In February 2013, Paris Match reported that Courbet expert Jean-Jacques Fernier had authenticated a painting of a young woman's head and shoulders as the upper section of L'Origine du monde which according to some was severed from the original work. ![]() Constance Quéniaux, possible model for L'Origine du monde ![]()
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