Farmhouse with Two Figures
by GOGH, Vincent van, Oil on canvas, 38 x 45 cm
Catalogue numbers: F 806, JH 2017.
During his first weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town near Paris, the nearby farms and the mossy thatched-roof cottages counted amongst van Gogh’s favourite subjects. He was buoyed with energy and explored the area for motifs. The present painting was most probably painted among the first group of works that the painter executed after his arrival. For this painting the artist chose a farmhouse with a thatched roof and two women working in the garden in front. The thatched roofs reminded van Gogh of his native Brabant.