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 ) .
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 ) .