Description
In May 1890, Vincent van Gogh arrived in Auvers, a small town north of Paris, where he rented a room at the inn of Arthur Ravoux. This portrait, completed during the last months of the artist’s life, depicts Ravoux’s 13-year-old daughter, Adeline. Van Gogh wrote that rather than photographic resemblance, he wanted his portraits to convey the “impassioned aspects” of contemporary life through the “modern taste for color.”
Provenance
Johanna Van Gogh-Bonger [1862-1925], the wife of Theo van Gogh, Amsterdam, Netherlands.; (Artz and de Bois, The Hague, Netherlands); Katherine S. Dreier [1877-1952], New York, NY; Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan [1877-1939], New York, NY; (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, NY, December 6-7, 1939, sold to Leonard C. Hanna Jr.); Leonard C. Hanna Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dimensions
50.2 × 50.5 cm
Movement / Period
Accession No
1958.31
Official Citations
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture • Netherlands • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery