Nursery on Schenkweg

Vincent van Gogh

April–May 1882 · Black chalk, graphite, pen, brush, and ink, heightened with white body color on laid paper watermarked ED & CIE (in a cartouche) · Drawings and Prints

Van Gogh's first commission came from his uncle Cornelis Marinus, an art dealer, for drawings of views of the Hague, where he was then living. This large view of a nursery close to Van Gogh's studio was among those he sent to Marinus in May 1882.

Artist

Vincent van Gogh

Date

April–May 1882

Medium

Black chalk, graphite, pen, brush, and ink, heightened with white body color on laid paper watermarked ED & CIE (in a cartouche)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971