Potato Eaters
1885
Medium
crayon lithograph with scraping printed in dark brown on thin wove paper
Dimensions
image: 26.3 x 31.6 cm (10 3/8 x 12 7/16 in.) sheet: 31.7 x 40.6 cm (12 1/2 x 16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1951.10.33
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh · 1853–1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) stands as one of the most influential figures in Western art history, despite a career spanning merely a decade. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, to a Protestant pastor's family, van Gogh's path to artistic greatness was anything but conventional. His early adulthood saw him working as an art dealer for Goupil & Cie, a language teacher, and a fervent missiona...