The Hammock
| The Hammock | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Gustave Courbet |
| Year | 1844 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 79.5 cm × 97 cm (31.3 in × 38 in) |
| Location | Am Römerholz, Winterthur |
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The Hammock (French: Le Rêve, German: Die Hängematte) is an 1844 oil painting by the French artist Gustave Courbet. It depicts a partially nude young woman sleeping on a hammock in a shady, wooded glade with a brook passing nearby. It makes reference to Victor Hugo's 1829 poem Sara the Bather. It was submitted to the Salon of 1845 at the Louvre in Paris, but rejected by the authorities.
The painting is in the Reinhart Collection at Am Römerholz in Winterthur in Switzerland.