Lying Cow
A black cow with a white face lying down in a green meadow facing the viewer.
ArtistVincent van Gogh
Year1883 (1883)
Catalogue
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions30 cm × 50 cm (11.8 in × 19.7 in)
OwnerPrivate Collection (F1b, JH388),[1] Korea

Lying Cow is the name of two oil paintings created by Vincent van Gogh around 1882 when he was living at The Hague.[2][3][4]

In the 1970 catalogue raisonné, based on Jacob Baart de la Faille's researches, the paintings were dated 1882.[5] Jan Hulsker, however, feels they must be associated with his 1883 painting Cows in the Meadow, a painting known only by a very poor photograph, and accordingly dates them as August 1883, thus executed shortly before van Gogh broke with his mistress Sien Hoornik and left for Drenthe.[6]

Lying Cow, 1883, Location unknown (F1c, JH389)

See also

References

  1. ^ Brooks, D. "The Paintings". The Vincent van Gogh Gallery, endorsed by Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. David Brooks (self-published). Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  2. ^ Lying Cow F1c. Van Gogh Gallery. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  3. ^ Lying Cow F1b. Van Gogh Gallery. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. ^ Naifeh, Steven; White Smith, Gregory (2011). Van Gogh: The Life. Random House. p. 253 ff. ISBN 978-0-375-50748-9.
  5. ^ de la Faille, Jacob Baart (1970). The works of Vincent van Gogh. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff. OCLC 300160639.
  6. ^ Hulsker, Jan (1986). The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches. Random House. p. 90. ISBN 0-517-44867-X.

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