Path in Montmartre
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, April-May 1886
oil on cardboard, 22.2 cm x 16.3 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
This is one of the first paintings that Van Gogh produced in Paris. He painted it outdoors, probably on Montmartre. Only one side of the hill was built-up at that time. The exact location is now impossible to identify.
The small painting was to become a family favourite. Vincent’s sister-in-law, Jo van Gogh-Bonger (Theo’s widow), kept it standing on her mantelpiece. And her son, Vincent Willem, who founded the Van Gogh Museum, later had it hanging in his home.
- F-number
- F0232
- JH-number
- JH1113
- Object number
- s0092V1962
- Dimensions
- 22.2 cm x 16.3 cm, 32.1 cm x 26.3 cm, 7 cm
- Provenance
- Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, sometime between the end of April and the beginning of May 1886; 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 (ratified 28 December 1970); 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; 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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