During the 1850s Courbet painted many other pictures using common folk and friends as his subjects , such as Village Damsels ( 1852 ) , the Wrestlers ( 1853 ) , Bathers ( 1853 ) , The Sleeping Spinner ( 1853 ) , and The Wheat Sifters ( 1854 ) . During the 1850s Courbet painted numerous figurative works using common folk and friends as his subjects , such as Village Damsels ( 1852 ) , the Wrestlers ( 1853 ) , Bathers ( 1853 ) , The Sleeping Spinner ( 1853 ) and The Wheat Sifters ( 1854 ) .