Portrait of Theo van Gogh

Meijer de Haan (1852 - 1895), 1889

charcoal on paper, 20.9 cm x 14.2 cm

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

Object number
d0666V1962
Dimensions
20.9 cm x 14.2 cm, 20.9 cm x 14.2 cm
Provenance
Given by the artist, Paris, to Theo van Gogh, Paris, 20 January 1889; sent by him to Jo Bonger, Amsterdam, the same day; after her death on 2 September 1925 inherited by her son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh 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
Meijer de Haan
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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