The Baby Carriage — Marcellin Desboutin

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Artist: Marcellin Desboutin
Date: 1877
Location: Musée d'Orsay

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THE ARTIST

Marcellin Desboutin

Marcellin Desboutin was a French painter, printmaker, and writer, perhaps best known for his portraits of Parisian bohemian life.

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Portrait of Gustave Courbet 1878 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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