Sketches of Three Figures and Portrait of Theo van Gogh (recto), Sketches of Figures and a Candlestick (verso)

Joseph Jacob Isaacson (1859 - 1942), 1888-1889

pen and ink on paper, 11.9 cm x 15 cm

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

Object number: d0770V1962
Dimensions: 11.9 cm x 15 cm
Provenance: Probably left by the artist at the apartment of Theo van Gogh, Paris, between 1888 and 1889; 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; after the death of Vincent Willem van Gogh on 28 January 1978, bequeathed to his heirs; transferred by the heirs of Vincent Willem van Gogh to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 15 October 1982; since then on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist: Joseph Jacob Isaacson
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 484

Kröger, J., Tas, Sara, A master revealed : Meijer de Haan, 2009, p. 75