![ipernity: Detail of Jo, La Belle Irlandaise by Courbet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2010 - by LaurieAnnie ipernity: Detail of Jo, La Belle Irlandaise by Courbet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2010 - by LaurieAnnie](http://cdn.ipernity.com/135/59/69/24985969.08c612d0.500.jpg?r2)
ipernity: Detail of Jo, La Belle Irlandaise by Courbet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, August 2010 - by LaurieAnnie
Clodagh Finn on Twitter: "Irishwoman Jo Hiffernan was a muse to two of the 19th-century's greatest artists, American James McNeill Whistler and French realist painter Gustave Courbet who called her 'La Belle
![Jo, La Belle Irlandaise. Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819-1877 La Tour-de-Peilz). Dimensions: 22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66 cm). Date: 1865-66. The "beautiful Irishwoman" depicted in this painting is Joanna Jo, La Belle Irlandaise. Artist: Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819-1877 La Tour-de-Peilz). Dimensions: 22 x 26 in. (55.9 x 66 cm). Date: 1865-66. The "beautiful Irishwoman" depicted in this painting is Joanna](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2p18wtc/jo-la-belle-irlandaise-gustave-courbet-186566-2p18wtc.jpg)