Vincent van Gogh
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
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Artist
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Vincent van Gogh
(1853–1890)
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Alternative names
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Vincent Willem van Gogh
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Description
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Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
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Date of birth/death
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30 March 1853
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29 July 1890
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Location of birth/death
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Zundert
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Auvers-sur-Oise
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Work period
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between circa 1880 and circa July 1890
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
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Work location
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Netherlands
(
Etten
,
The Hague
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Nuenen
, …, before 1886
date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
),
Paris
(1886–1887),
Arles
(1888–1889),
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
(1889–1890),
Auvers-sur-Oise
(1890)
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Authority file
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artist QS:P170,Q5582
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Title
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother
label QS:Lde,"Bildnis der Mutter des Künstlers"
label QS:Len,"Portrait of the artist's mother"
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Object type
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painting
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Genre
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portrait
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Depicted people
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Anna Carbentus van Gogh
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Date
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Arles, October 1888
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Medium
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oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions
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height: 40.5 cm (15.9 in); width: 32.5 cm (12.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,40.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,32.5U174728
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Collection
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institution QS:P195,Q1752085
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Accession number
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M.1968.32.P
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Place of creation
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Arles
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Object history
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[1]
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Exhibition history
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1901 Paris, 20
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1914 Berlin, 73
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1925 Vienna, 74
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1926 Dresden, 212
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1943 New York, 33
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1960 Philadelphia
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Notes
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Catalogues raisonnés:
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F477:
Faille, Jacob Baart de la
(1970) [1928]
The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings
,
Amsterdam
: J.M. Meulenhoff,
no. 477
.
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JH1600 :
Jan Hulsker
(1980),
The Complete Van Gogh
, Oxford: Phaidon,
no.
1600.
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The paining is after a photograph
here
. The photograph annoyed Vincent, so he made a copy of it.
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The painting was in the collection of Carl Moll until at least 1914 and can be seen in his
Self Portrait in his Study
hanging on the wall.
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Letters
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Letter 699: To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 8 October 1888
.
Vincent van Gogh: The Letters
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Van Gogh Museum
. "That’s to say, I’m doing a portrait of our mother for myself. I can’t look at the colourless photograph, and I’m trying to do one with harmonious colour, as I see her in my memory."
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Letter 700: To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 9 or Wednesday, 10 October 1888
.
Vincent van Gogh: The Letters
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Van Gogh Museum
. "I’m working on a portrait of our mother because the black photograph was making me too impatient.
Ah, what portraits we could make from life with photography and painting! I always have hopes that a great revolution still awaits us in portraiture."
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References
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The Norton Simon Museum
vangoghgallery.com
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Source/Photographer
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Copied from an art book
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Permission
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Reusing this file
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