Museum Folkwang Collection Online
Portrait d'Armand Roulin
  • Vincent van Gogh

  • Portrait d'Armand Roulin, 1888

  • Portrait of Armand Roulin
  • Oil on canvas
  • 65 x 54,1 cm
  • Acquired in 1903 for the Museum Folkwang, Hagen, since 1922 Essen
  • Inv. G 63
  • On view
  • CommentaryThe subject of the portrait is the 17-year-old Armand Joseph Desire Roulin (1871 – 1945), oldest son of the post-master Joseph Roulin. In the summer of 1888, van Gogh became friends with his neighbor in Arles. With great affection, the artist painted a number of portraits of Joseph Roulin and his family. Armand Roulin modeled for two portraits similar in format and execution; the one in Essen is the second version. It shows a young man dressed in a yellow jacket, full faced against a background of Veronese green. Van Gogh probably painted this carefully composed study shortly after the first version in December 1888. Apparently the subject and his family preferred this portrait.
  • Obj_Id: 3,017
  • Obj_Internet_S: Highlight
  • Obj_Ownership_S (Verantw):Painting, Sculpture, Media Art
  • Obj_SpareNField01_N (Verantw):
  • Obj_Creditline_S: Museum Folkwang, Essen, Gemäldesammlung
  • Obj_Title1_S: Portrait d'Armand Roulin
  • Obj_Title2_S: Portrait of Armand Roulin
  • Obj_PartDescription_S (Titelerg):
  • Obj_SpareMField01_M (Alle Titel): Portrait d'Armand Roulin Portrait of Armand Roulin
  • Obj_Dating_S: 1888
  • Jahr von: 1,888
  • Jahr bis: 1,888
  • Obj_IdentNr_S: G 63
  • Obj_IdentNrSort_S: G 0063
  • Obj_Classification_S (Objtyp): Painting
  • Obj_Crate_S: 65 x 54,1 cm
  • Obj_Material_S: Oil on canvas
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  • Obj_SpareSField01_S (Mat./Tech.): Oil on canvas
  • Obj_AccNote_S (Erwerb): Acquired in 1903 for the Museum Folkwang, Hagen, since 1922 Essen
  • Obj_PermanentLocation_S (Standort): On view
  • Obj_Condition1_S (Druckerei):
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Commentary
Artists

The subject of the portrait is the 17-year-old Armand Joseph Desire Roulin (1871 – 1945), oldest son of the post-master Joseph Roulin. In the summer of 1888, van Gogh became friends with his neighbor in Arles. With great affection, the artist painted a number of portraits of Joseph Roulin and his family. Armand Roulin modeled for two portraits similar in format and execution; the one in Essen is the second version. It shows a young man dressed in a yellow jacket, full faced against a background of Veronese green. Van Gogh probably painted this carefully composed study shortly after the first version in December 1888. Apparently the subject and his family preferred this portrait.