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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Gustave Courbet
Born: June 10, 1819
Died: December 31, 1877 (aged 58)
Bio: Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet was a French painter who led the Realist movement in 19th-century French painting.
Known for:
- A Burial At Ornans (1850)
- L'Origine du monde (1866)
- The Stone Breakers (1849)
- The Painter's Studio (1855)
- El desesperado (1845)