La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930)

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Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1889
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 1/2 × 29 in. (92.7 × 73.7 cm)
Department: European Paintings
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Pine Needle · Green family · #19371B · 33%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #622D16 · 21%

Pine Needle · Green family · #1C663E · 15%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #747936 · 7%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #4E3D18 · 4%

Press Black · Black family · #12111B · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A1735A · 4%

Press Black · Black family · #0E1811 · 3%

Midnight Indigo · Black family · #101A1F · 2%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #102221 · 2%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BFAA8E · 2%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #1F261F · 2%

Lampblack · Black family · #0E0604 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #020301 · <1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #981E19 · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #11521B · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #9190A0 · <1%

Glasshouse Green · Green family · #007530 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1996, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002

10 tags

Individual Portrait Both · 100%

The catalog identifies the subject as Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, and the image visibly centers a single seated woman in a portrait composition.
Flora Both · 100%

The catalog lists Flowers as a subject, and the image visibly shows numerous blossoms, stems, and leaves surrounding the figure.

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated leaf-like marks, curling stems, and blossoms form an ornamental pattern across most of the background.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

The figure, chair, floral ground, and saturated areas of color occupy nearly the entire canvas, leaving little unused space.
Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 98%

The painting uses vivid greens, reds, turquoise, oranges, and pinks in strong color contrasts.
Linear Forms Visual · 97%

Dark contour lines prominently define the face, clothing, chair, hands, stems, and flowers.

Oil Painting Metadata · 100%

The catalog specifies oil on canvas.
Painting Metadata · 100%

The museum classification identifies the object as a painting.

19th Century Art Metadata · 100%

The catalog dates the work to 1889, placing it within nineteenth-century art.

Dutch Art Metadata · 100%

The artist display identifies Vincent van Gogh as Dutch.

Vincent van Gogh. La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.