Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An bayyana rashin karɓar aikin ta hanyar zamantakewa da tarihi na ƙarshen Jamhuriyar Faransa ta biyu - masu jefa ƙuri'a na ƙauye sun taimaka wajen kawo Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte zuwa mulki a matsayin sarki kuma ya ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin iko, duk da haka zane-zanen ya nuna Franche-Comté, yanki mai karfi na jamhuriyar, yana tilasta wa 'yan Parisians masu arziki su fuskanci mawuyacin halin ƙauye - maimakon nuna ƙauye mai kyau, kwanciyar hankali da kwanciyar hankali, ya nuna abokin gaba na mazaunan gari na gari, wanda ya wadata ta hanyar juyin juya halin masana'antu kuma yana gab da shiga cikin juyin juya halin masana'antu.
Juyin Juya Halin 1848 Wasu sun ga zanen a matsayin farkon aikin siyasa na Courbet, wanda ya samo asali a garinsa da kuma zane-zane na gwagwarmayar aji, kamar yadda aka nuna a cikin fuskar fuska tsakanin matan lapdog (wakiltar matsakaicin matsakaici) da kuma 'yan maruƙa (alama ce ta duniyar manoma da ke gab da fashewa cikin tawaye). Wasu kuma suna ganin shi a matsayin sake amfani da tsohuwar falsafar tsohuwar kyauta ga matalauta, kodayake a cikin daidaitaccen yanayi da nesa nesa da ka'idojin Roman Katolika a gaban ayyukan sauran masu zane-zane, suna watsi da babban matakin kammala su da kuma kara girman tsari da layi.