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Cottage Interior
Bernardus Johannes Blommers (Dutch, 1845–1914)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25.4 x 31.1 cm (10 x 12 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William R. Wilson Donation
Accession Number15.878
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Blommers and van Gogh were on good terms when Vincent lived in The Hague, the capital of Dutch art. Painters of scenes from everyday life - whether French or Dutch - provided van Gogh with the example he needed to become a painter of peasants, in works such as the The Potato Eaters (1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), his powerful image of a peasant family at supper.
InscriptionsLower right: Blommers
ProvenanceWilliam R. Wilson (b. 1844 - d. 1915), Boston; 1915, bequest of William R. Wilson to the MFA.. (Accession Date: June 3, 1915)