Crab on its Back (Dutch: Een op zijn rug liggende krab) is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh. It is a still life of a crab lying on its back with a green background. The Van Gogh Museum dates the work to August–September 1887,[1] while other sources date it to early 1889.[2] The painting is in the permanent collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.[1]
Crab on its Back | |
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Dutch: Een op zijn rug liggende krab | |
Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
Year | 1887 or 1889 (disputed) |
Catalogue | F 605 |
Type | Still life |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 38 cm × 46.5 cm (15 in × 18.3 in) |
Location | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
The painting is possibly inspired by a Japanese print of a crab by Hokusai that Van Gogh had seen in the magazine Le Japon Artistique, which his brother Theo van Gogh had sent him in September 1888.[1][3]
Related work
Van Gogh also painted Two Crabs (1889), a still life with two crabs one of which is lying on its back, on display in the National Gallery in London.[3]
See also
References
External links
- Media related to Crab on its Back at Wikimedia Commons
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