A Burial at Ornans, Gustave Courbet, 1849-50, oil on canvas, 315 x 668 cm (124 x 263 in.), Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France. Taking his inspiration from group portraits of Dutch civic guards in the 17th century, Courbet shocked visitors at the Paris Salon of 1850 by using a huge canvas – usually reserved for history painting – for a mundane ...