The Hidden Brook, ca. 1873?77, Oil on canvas, 23 3/8 x 29 3/4 in. (59. 4 x 75. 6 cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819?1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), From 1873 until his death in 1877, Courbet lived in self-imposed exile in Switzerland. Separated from the people and places that inspired many of his canvases, and pressed to produce salable works, he made repetitions and variations of earlier compositions, often with the help of studio assistants