Established: 1822 Location: Korte Vijverberg 8, 2513 AB Den Haag Website: https://www.mauritshuis.nl/en/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…
Mauritshuis (The Hague)
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The Hague (Netherlands)
Museums: • Mauritshuis: Korte Vijverberg 8, 2513 AB Den Haag Births: • Van Gogh, Anna Carbentus (1819-1907) Deaths: • Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677) • Tulp, Nicolaes (1593-1674) • Wtenbogaert, Johannes (1557-1644) The Hague in Art: Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) The Huis ten Bosch from the…
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1654-1656)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Christus in het huis van Martha en Maria) 1654–1656 Oil on canvas, 158.5 x 141.5 cm Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
The Little Street (c.1658)
Vermeer, Jan (1632-1675) The Little Street (Het Straatje, Delft) c.1658 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 44 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam This is an unusual painting in Vermeer’s oeuvre, and remarkable for its time as a portrait of ordinary houses. The composition is…
Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
Founded: 1798 in The Hague Moved to Amsterdam in 1808 Address: Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam, Netherlands Website: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…
La Maison de La Crau (1888)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) La Maison de La Crau (The Old Mill) (F 550, JH 1577) 1888 Oil on canvas, 64.77 x 53.975 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo In February 1888, Vincent van Gogh left the cold, dreary winter in…
The Potato Eaters (1885)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 73.9 x 95.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F 78, JH 734) Test of mastery The potato eaters is the most ambitious painting of Van Gogh’s…
The Potato Eaters (1885)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0082-JH0764 Nuenen, April-May 1885 Van Gogh saw the Potato Eaters as a showpiece, for which he deliberately chose a difficult…
Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, the Artist’s Grandfather (1881)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, the Artist’s Grandfather 1881 Pencil, brush and ink and watercolour, on paper, 34.5 cm x 26.1 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0876-JH0014 Etten, July 1881 See also: • Van Gogh, Vincent, Grandfather (1789-1874)
Portrait of the Artist’s Mother (1888)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Anna van Gogh (F 477, JH 1600) 1888 Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 32.4 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena In September 1888, Van Gogh, living in the south of France, received from…