Profile of a Woman
Currently on view
Arnold Koning (1860 - 1945), Paris, 1887-1888
oil on canvas, 56 cm x 38 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
The Dutch artist Koning lived with Theo van Gogh in Paris for a few months. It is likely that he left this portrait and several other paintings with Theo when he departed in May 1888. Three portraits of this woman are in the Van Gogh Museum collection, but nothing is known about her identity. She most probably modelled for the artist for payment.
The three likenesses appear to have been primarily colour studies, of which this version is particularly successful. The richly hued headscarf in pink, yellow, and turquoise contrasts with the deep blue background. The side illumination of the woman’s face is expertly captured, with pale blue-green highlights on her dark skin.
- Object number
- s0243V1962
- Dimensions
- 56 cm x 38 cm, 73 cm x 55.7 cm, 6 cm
- Provenance
- Acquired from the artist, Paris by Theo van Gogh, Paris, on or before 28 May 1888; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Arnold Koning
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Past / Future, presentatie Beeldbrekers, 1 June 2023-18 December 2023
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Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Collectie Theo van Gogh, February 1960, no. 73
Antwerp, Feestzaal Antwerpen, Vincent van Gogh, 7 May-19 June 1955, no. 400
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 31 March-11 May 1953, no. 42
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 1953, no. 42
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 1953, no. 42
Gogh, Vincent Willem van, Collectie Theo van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1960, no. 73
Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 355
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Gogh, Vincent Willem van, Tralbaut, Marc Edo, Wilms, J., Vincent van Gogh, s.l., 1955
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