Torso of Venus

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, March-May 1886

chalk on paper, 43.7 cm x 31.3 cm

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

F-number
F1363b
JH-number
JH1069
Object number
d0401V1962
Dimensions
43.7 cm x 31.3 cm
Provenance
Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, sometime between October 1886 and January 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; 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)

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen. Antwerpen & Parijs, 1885-1888, 28 September 2001-6 January 2002, no. 266

Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Vincent van Gogh, 28 January-4 April 1988, no. 80

Scarborough, Scarborough Art Gallery, Dutch Graphic Art, 12-17 June 1961

Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 437

Coyle, Laura, The Still-life paintings of Vincent van Gogh and their context, 2007, p. 545

Frezzotti, Stefanie, Heugten, Sjraar van, Pagnotta, Francesca, Vincent van Gogh, 1988, [unpaged]

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vellekoop, Marije, Zwikker, Roelie, Hageman, Monique, Vincent van Gogh drawings : volume 3 : Antwerp & Paris 1885-1888 : Van Gogh Museum, 2001, p. 138-176

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vellekoop, Marije, Zwikker, Roelie, Hageman, Monique, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen : Antwerpen & Parijs 1885-1888 : Van Gogh Museum : 3, 2001, p. 138-176

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