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…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (Zelfportret met strohoed) 1887 Oil on canvas, 41.8 cm x 31.5 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0061v-JH1302 Paris, July-August 1887 It’s lucky for us that Van Gogh was so often unable to afford…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait or Portrait of Theo van Gogh 1887 Oil on cardboard, 19 cm x 14.1 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam Paris, Summer 1887 F0294, JH1209 This painting was long thought to be a self-portrait of Vincent; however,…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (Zelfportret met strohoed) 1887 Oil on cardboard, 40.9 cm x 32.8 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0469-JH1310 Paris, August-September 1887 Wearing light summer clothes, the artist examines us with one blue and one green…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Madonna di Loreto, Madonna dei Pellegrini (Pilgrim’s Madonna) c.1604 Oil on canvas, 260 x 150 cm Cappella Cavalletti, Sant’Agostino in Campo Marzio, Roma See also: • Loreto (Italia)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Fiancés, dit Le Ménage Sisley (A Couple) c.1868 Oil on canvas, 105 x 75 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Probably we shall never establish beyond doubt the identity of the lady depicted in the painting. For a long…