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A Courbet for the Musée de la Chasse
12/3/25 - Acquisition - Paris, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature - It took its place in the Cabinet du Loup on the first floor of the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature at the beginning of March: Hunting Scene in the Snow is the first work by Courbet to join the Parisian institution. The previously unseen canvas, from a private collection in Besançon, was acquired through the Parisian art dealer Hubert Duchemin. As stated in the acquisition notice written by Rémy Provendier-Commenne [1], the canvas was presented in June 2024 to the expertise and authentication commission of the Institut Gustave Courbet, and was certified and added to the artist’s catalogue raisonné.