Adeline Ravoux, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

In may 1890, van gogh left the south and settled 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. ” bequest of leonard c. Hanna jr. 1958. 31. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1890. Place of creation: Netherlands, 19th century. 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.). Medium: oil on fabric. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Series Title: Adeline Ravoux. Adeline Ravoux, by Vincent van Gogh, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.31