Houses Seen from the Back
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Antwerp, December 1885-February 1886
oil on canvas, 43.7 cm x 33.7 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
In Antwerp, Van Gogh painted a number of cityscapes, including this one. These plastered rear facades were less attractive than the house fronts, but Van Gogh was mainly interested in the atmosphere. He had a weakness for houses like these, packed together in the poor districts of the city.
Van Gogh himself lived in such an area: he rented a small room at Lange Beeldekensstraat 194. This is the rear view of that house. The painting makes a grim impression, reinforced by the thin layer of snow on the rooftops. In some places, it looks as if the snow is already melting.
- F-number
- F0260
- JH-number
- JH0970
- Object number
- s0142V1962
- Dimensions
- 43.7 cm x 33.7 cm, 59.5 cm x 50 cm, 8.5 cm
- Provenance
- With his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, after February 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; 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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