It is a relatively popular image of him; three copies were made​​. It shows him smoking pot, which was taboo at the time.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Gustave_Courbet" class="extiw" title="w:en:Gustave Courbet"><span title="French painter">Gustave Courbet</span></a>
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