Portrait of Adeline Ravoux
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Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
Year | 1890 |
Location | Cleveland Museum of Art |
Portrait of Adeline Ravoux is an oil painting from June 1890 by Vincent van Gogh.
It is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.[1]
Description
The twelve-year-old Adeline Ravoux was the daughter of Arthur-Gustave Ravoux, whose inn is where Van Gogh lodged in Auvers-sur-Oise. She later wrote a memoir of Van Gogh's stay with them. She witnessed Van Gogh's return to the inn after the fatal incident where he shot himself: "Vincent walked bent, holding his stomach, again exaggerating his habit of holding one shoulder higher than the other. Mother asked him: " M. Vincent, we were anxious, we are happy to see you to return; have you had a problem?" He replied in a suffering voice: "No, but I have…" he did not finish, crossed the hall, took the staircase and climbed to his bedroom. I was witness to this scene. Vincent made on us such a strange impression that Father got up and went to the staircase to see if he could hear anything."[2]
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References
- ^ "Adeline Ravoux". Cleveland Museum of Art. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ^ Adeline Ravoux's memoir