Adeline Ravoux
Vincent van Gogh · 1890 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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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.” 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.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC0
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Details
- Maker
- Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
- Date
- 1890
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Place of origin
- Netherlands
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
- Credit line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
