Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, the Artist's Grandfather

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Etten, July 1881

pencil, brush and ink and watercolour, on paper, 34.5 cm x 26.1 cm

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

F-number
F0876
JH-number
JH0014
Object number
d1040V1994
Dimensions
34.5 cm x 26.1 cm
Provenance
Probably left by the artist with his mother, A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus, Nuenen/Breda, sometime between November 1885 and February 1886; given in safekeeping to Janus Schrauwen, Breda, April 1888; left with Janus Schrauwen by A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus after her move to Leiden, 1889; sold by Janus Schrauwen to Jan C. Couvreur, 14 August 1902; sold by Jan C. Couvreur to Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel, Breda, 1902-03; given on consignment by Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel to Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Rotterdam; sold by Kunstzalen Oldenzeel to Hugo Tutein Nolthenius, Delft, November 1903; after his death on 13 December 1944 bequeathed to his inheritance; sold by Kunsthandel Mettes & Co., Den Haag to G.J. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, Den Haag for NLG 1.750, 25 August 1947; after his death on 15 March 1986 inherited by his son J.W. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, Antwerp; sold by J.W. Nieuwenhuizen Segaar to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, March 1994; on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
artist
Vincent van Gogh
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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