1885 The Hague & Nuenen Public domain

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The Hague & Nuenen · 1881–1885

The Potato Eaters

Les Mangeurs de pommes de terre · 吃土豆的人

Five peasants around a single lamp, painted in the dark colours of the Dutch tradition Vincent was trying to leave behind.

About the painting

Stayed with Theo van Gogh, then the Van Gogh family collection.

Period

The Dutch years: peasants, weavers and earth colours.

Year: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Period: The Hague & Nuenen (1881–1885)
Collection: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Palette: earth brown, olive, lamp yellow

Reference articles · 10

Ten angles on one painting: what it shows, how it was painted, what Vincent wrote, where it hangs, how it survives printing, and what to hang it next to.