The Parting

Albert Besnard (1849 - 1934), c. 1880-1888

oil on canvas, 31.2 cm x 46.2 cm

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

Object number
s0208V1962
Dimensions
31.2 cm x 46.2 cm, 43.5 cm x 59 cm
Provenance
Probably given by the artist to Theo van Gogh, Paris; 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; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Albert Besnard
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 31 March-11 May 1953

Stolwijk, Chris, Thomson, Richard, Heugten, Sjraar van, Theo van Gogh 1857-1891 : kunsthandelaar, verzamelaar en broer van Vincent, 1999, p. 38

Jansen, Leo, Luijten, Hans, Bakker, Nienke, Vincent van Gogh - De brieven : De volledige, geïllustreerde en geannoteerde uitgave : Deel 4 : Arles, 1888-1889, 2009, p. 178

Gogh, Vincent Willem van, Collectie Theo van Gogh, 1960, no. 14

Tentoonstelling van moderne kunst georganiseerd ten bate van het Russische Roode Kruis, 1915, [unpaged]

Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, 1993

Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, 2000, p. 71

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