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Adeline Ravoux

1890

Vincent van Gogh

(Dutch, 1853–1890)
Culture
Netherlands
Medium
oil on fabric
Measurements
Framed: 72.5 x 73.5 x 8.5 cm (28 9/16 x 28 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 50.2 x 50.5 cm (19 3/4 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1958.31
Public Domain
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Location
222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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Did You Know?

Adeline Ravoux, at age 13, was not pleased with her portrait and did not think the image resembled her. Today, a photograph exists of Adeline in her late seventies and the resemblance is truly remarkable.

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.”
Square oil painting with thick strokes of paint depicting Adeline Ravoux, a girl depicted from the shoulders up facing our right against a streaking, dark blue-black background. Peach and cream over blue paint her face, with yellow and green-brown strokes coloring her hair, pulled back into a ponytail with a light turquoise-blue bow. The bow matches her long-sleeve dress, with a high collar and a triangle cut-out over her chest. Thick dollops of pink-white paint swirl to create two flowers among foliage in front of her.

Adeline Ravoux

1890

Vincent van Gogh

(Dutch, 1853–1890)
Netherlands

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