Horse Chestnut Tree in Blossom
Currently on view
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, May 1887
oil on canvas, 55.8 cm x 46.5 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Before painting this horse chestnut tree, Van Gogh made a rough charcoal sketch of it on the canvas. If you zoom in far enough, you can still see the black lines of the sketch between the brush strokes. Look, for instance, at the area below the foot of the tree.
Research has revealed that this picture was painted on top of a previous one. To save money, Van Gogh frequently re-used his canvases in this way.
- F-number
- F0270a
- JH-number
- JH1272
- Object number
- s0126V1962
- Dimensions
- 55.8 cm x 46.5 cm, 70.7 cm x 61.5 cm, 6.5 cm
- Provenance
- Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, mid-May 1887; 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; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 16 December 1930; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh 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; 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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