Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), The Hague, November-December 1881
oil on paper on panel, 34 cm x 55 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
'Well, Mauve immediately installed me in front of a still life consisting of a couple of old clogs and other objects, and so I could set to work,' Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. He was training at the time under Anton Mauve, a famous artist and his cousin by marriage. In Mauve's studio, Vincent was permitted to paint this work in oils right away. For a student artist, this was a fairly rare opportunity.
The painting was primarily an exercise in colour, surfaces and brushwork. It must have been a great challenge for Van Gogh to convey the different textures of the tabletop, the potatoes and the fabric. It was his first attempt and shows no sign as yet of the characteristic Van Gogh style.
- F-number
- F0001
- JH-number
- JH0081
- Object number
- s0137V1962
- Dimensions
- 34 cm x 55 cm, 56.7 cm x 77.5 cm, 8.5 cm
- Provenance
- Probably left by the artist with his mother, A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus, Nuenen/Breda, sometime between November 1885 and February 1886; given in safekeeping to Janus Schrauwen, Breda, April 1888; left with Janus Schrauwen by A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus after her move to Leiden, 1889; sold by Janus Schrauwen to Jan C. Couvreur, 14 August 1902; sold by Jan C. Couvreur to Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel, Breda, 1902-03; given on consignment by Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel to Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Rotterdam; sold by Kunstzalen Oldenzeel at their exhibition (Vincent van Gogh), (Stilleven), to J. Willbeek le Mair, Rotterdam, January 1903; after his death in 1929 inherited by his son J. Willebeek le Mair, The Hague; possibly sold by J. Willebeek le Mair to Kunstzaal d'Audretsch, The Hague, 1939; sold by H.E. d'Audretsch, Amerongen to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, after July 1962 (ratified 28 December 1970); given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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