Portrait of Jozef Blok

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), The Hague, November 1882

pencil, watercolour, lithographic crayon, on paper, 38.5 cm x 26.3 cm

Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

F-number
F0993
JH-number
JH0254
Object number
d1123V2004
Dimensions
38.5 cm x 26.3 cm, 50.5 cm x 39 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; 3 May 1904 sale Amsterdam, Frederik Muller (Vincent van Gogh. Tableaux, aquarelles, dessins), lot 40 (Portrait d'un paysan de Nunen (?)), remained unsold; sold by Kees Mouwen jr. en Willem van Bakel aan Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Rotterdam, before 1909; sold by Kunstzalen Oldenzeel to F.W.R. Wentges, Rotterdam, 1909; after his death on 22 May 1944 inherited by his son R.W. Wentges, Rotterdam; after his death on 3 January 1978 inherited by his son E.W. Wentges, Rotterdam; 24 juni 2002 sale London, Sotheby's (Impressionist & modern art, evening sale), lot 8 (Portrait (boekverkoper Blok)), remained unsold; sold by E.W. Wentges to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 2004, on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
artist
Vincent van Gogh
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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