By the Seine

Currently on view

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, May-July 1887

oil on canvas, 49.4 cm x 65.3 cm

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

During his time in Paris, Van Gogh often carried his field easel and painting materials around with him. He was always in search of interesting subjects. Here he found a spot by the river Seine.

Van Gogh first sketched the river scene in pencil on the canvas. The pencil lines are still clearly visible in some places; he didn't paint over all of them. They are especially clear along the horizon. Look at the straight lines directly above the blue of the river. The painting is unfinished. He may have intended to complete the sketch in his studio, but he never got around to it.

F-number
F0299
JH-number
JH1254
Object number
s0055V1962
Dimensions
49.4 cm x 65.3 cm, 69 cm x 84.8 cm
Provenance
Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, sometime between mid-May and the end of July 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; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 22 October 1931; 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; 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)

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