Pierre van de Putte’s Flower Nursery on Schenkweg in The Hague

• Pierre van de Putte’s Flower Nursery on Schenkweg in The Hague
• Flower Nursery on the Schenkweg in The Hague

SK-A-3662

signature: ‘Vincent’

Vincent van Gogh resolved to become an artist in 1880 and initially practised drawing. In response to a commission from his uncle, the art dealer C.M. van Gogh, he drew a series of cityscapes of The Hague. The artist did not choose the usual picturesque spots but rather the outskirts of the city, such as here at Schenkweg where he himself lived.

draughtsman: Vincent van Gogh (mentioned on object), The Hague

1882-03

potlood, pen en penseel in inkt, gewassen, gehoogd met witte dekkende waterverf, op veg�papier

height 240 mm x width 334 mm

Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux

bequest 1944

Public domain

…; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 204 other drawings, to the museum, 1944

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