File:Vincent Willem van Gogh 016.jpg
Vincent Willem van Gogh 016.jpg
Vincent van Gogh: Rooftops    Artist artist QS:P170,Q5582 Title English: Rooftops Deutsch: Dächer, Blick von oberhalb des Ateliers van Goghs am Schenkweg Object type watercolor painting  Genre cityscape  Date July 1882 date QS:P571,+1882-07-00T00:00:00Z/10 Medium watercolor medium QS:P186,Q22915256 heightened with white Deutsch: Aquarell, weiß gehöht. Dimensions height: 39 cm (15.3 in); width: 55 cm (21.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,39U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,55U174728 Collection Private collection institution QS:P195,Q768717 Deutsch: Sammlung G. Renand Notes Deutsch: Stadtlandschaft Catalogues raisonnés: F943: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 943 . JH156 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no.  156. In June 1882 Vincent's work was interrupted both by illness (he needed hospital treatment for gonorrhea) and by his partner Sien's difficult confinement. In July he went back to work with a will and this watercolor, admired by Hulsker, was one of the results. Hulsker remarks that Vincent's description of it in letter 250 is fascinating. Vincent used a perspective frame (built by the same carpenter whose yard can be seen in the drawing) for this drawing (Naifeh and Smith p. 292). Hulsker identifies other watercolors executed in this month as Bleaching Ground F946, Fish-Drying Barn F945, and Pollard Willow F947 (Hulsker pp. 52-4). Hulsker also thought that Diggers in Schenkweg F927 was the watercolor referred in letter 251 but the VGM dissent and think the present watercolor F943 is the one being referenced. See also sketch in letter 251, as well as drawings F939, F944, and watercolor F1022 with sketch F1023 in letter 330. Letters References L'Œuvre de Vincent van Gogh: catalogue raisonné, F943  The New Complete Van Gogh: Fully revised and enlarged edition of the Catalogue raisonné, JH156 Source/Photographer The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. Permission (Reusing this file) Wikide-l 10.000 Gemälde für Commons Other versions VG Gallery