The Zouave
ca. June 20, 1888
Medium
Reed pen and brown ink, wax crayon and watercolor, over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in. (31.5 x 23.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Emanie Philips, 1962
Accession Number
62.151
Rights
Public Domain
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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...