In shades of mint, laurel, and eucalyptus green, the head and shoulders of a chubby baby fill this vertical portrait painting. It is created with long, visible brushstrokes, some of which are thick enough to cast shadows onto the canvas beneath. The baby’s skin is painted with cool, light green, with peach-colored highlights. The baby has large, vivid blue eyes gazing intently down and off to our right, full lips, and chubby cheeks. The white garment comes to the baby’s elbows, and the pudgy fingers touch. The baby wears a gold bracelet and a gold ring with a round, red stone on the right…
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Roulin's Baby

painter Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 - 1890)

1888

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 35 x 23.9 cm (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.) ; framed: 53.9 x 42.5 cm (21 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Chester Dale Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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