Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves (after Millet)

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, September 1889

oil on canvas on cardboard, 43.2 cm x 33.2 cm

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

This is one of twenty copies painted by Van Gogh of prints by Jean-François Millet (1814-1875). He made them during his stay in the asylum in Saint-Rémy. By studying the work of Millet and other artists he admired, he attempted to rebuild his self-confidence, which had been seriously damaged by his illness. It was also a way for him to practice figure painting even though he had no models.

Van Gogh did not see these works as simple copies, although he did reproduce the scene meticulously. Instead, he regarded them as adaptations of black-and-white prints into colourful paintings. This is like a musician freely interpreting another composer's work.

F-number
F0700
JH-number
JH1781
Object number
s0172V1962
Dimensions
43.2 cm x 33.2 cm, 58.2 cm x 47.6 cm
Provenance
Probably sent by the artist from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, at the end of April 1890; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; sold by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam to her brother Henri Bonger, Amsterdam, for NLG 700, August 1905; after his death on 19 May 1929 inherited by his sister Betsy Bonger, Amsterdam; after her death on 17 January 1944 inherited by her nephew Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren; donated by Vincent Willem van Gogh to the (1st) Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Laren, 11 March 1952; transferred by the (1st) Vincent van Gogh Foundation to the Theo van Gogh Foundation, Laren, 28 December 1960; agreement concluded on 21 July 1962 between the (2nd) Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 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; donated on 21 July 1962 by the Theo van Gogh Foundation to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation; 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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