Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00000237About the Artwork
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. 1912: (Artz and de Bois, The Hague, Netherlands) 1912-1929: Katherine S. Dreier [1877-1952], New York, NY -1939: Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan [1877-1939], New York, NY 1939: (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, NY, December 6-7, 1939, sold to Leonard C. Hanna Jr.) 1939-1958: Leonard C. Hanna Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1958-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
The Armory Show, 50th Anniversary Exhibition. Munson Museum of Art, Utica, NY (organizer) (February 17-April 28, 1963). Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965). In Quest of Excellence: Civic Pride, Patronage, Connoisseurship. Pérez Art Museum Miami (organizer) (January 12-April 22, 1984). ゴッホ (Van Gogh). National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (organizer) (October 12-December 8, 1985); Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (December 21, 1985-February 2, 1986). Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987). Van Gogh Face to Face: The Portraits. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (March 12-June 4, 2000); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (July 2-September 24, 2000); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October 22, 2000-January 14, 2001). The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America. UCLA at Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center (April 23-August 20, 2006). Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009). Van Gogh Repetitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 2-May 26, 2014). Through Vincent's Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (November 12, 2021-February 6, 2022) https://www.columbusmuseum.org/through-vincents-eyes-van-gogh-and-his-sources/. Van Gogh in America. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (October 2, 2022-January 22, 2023). Van Gogh in Auver-sur-Oise: His Final Months. Van Gogh Museum, 1070 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands (organizer) (May 12-September 3, 2023) https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/nl/bezoek/tentoonstellingen/van-gogh-in-auvers-sur-oise; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (October 3, 2023-February 4, 2024).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 7, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- 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.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna Jr.
- Accession no.
- 1958.31
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