Madame Auguste Cuoq is an oil on canvas by French artist Gustave Courbet, from c.

[1] The painting depicts Mathilde Desportes (Madame Auguste Cuoq), a French model who often sat for portraits.

The subject of the portrait, the titular Madame Auguste Cuoq, was painted by several notable artists of his time, including Courbet and Jean-Jacques Henner.

Notably, Cuoq's husband rejected the portrait, feeling that it did not capture his wife's beauty.

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