IDENTITY
Letter 593 — Palette & Order + Support
Arles, 1888
Content Summary
Around 5 April 1888 at Arles, Van Gogh places a major order for whites, chromes, reds, lakes, blues and greens and also specifies an absorbent canvas support.
CONTEXT
Topics
Palette, Order + Support, Silver/zinc white, Veronese green, chrome yellows, vermilion, lakes, carmine, Prussian blue, cinnabar green, orange lead, emerald green, absorbent canvas
Materials & Pigments
Canvas, absorbent canvas, White, Prussian blue, Carmine, Vermilion, chrome yellow, chrome yellows, zinc white, Veronese green, Lake, Lakes, cinnabar green, orange lead, emerald green
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Theo van Gogh
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
The order provides unusually concrete evidence for both Van Gogh’s working palette and his support preferences at the beginning of the Arles period.
Related Work / Relevance
SOURCES & EVIDENCE
Source Type
Letter
Source
Source Edition
Vincent van Gogh — The Letters, scholarly online edition (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING)
Source URL
Evidence Type
Primary Source
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