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Painter, 1853 to 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh never saw Rome. Three of his late paintings ended up there all the same, and few visitors know to look for them.

Born
1853, Zundert, Netherlands
Died
1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Movement
Post-Impressionism
In Rome
3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Vincent van Gogh in Rome

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea2 works

  1. The Gardener

    1889

    A young man in a striped jacket against the green of the asylum garden at Saint-Rémy.

  2. L'Arlésienne

    1890

    Madame Ginoux, who kept the café at Arles, painted from a drawing by Gauguin. It is one of several versions.

Vatican Museums1 work

  1. Pietà, after Delacroix

    about 1890

    A small version of his copy of Delacroix's Pietà, in the Vatican's collection of modern religious art, which is on the way to the Sistine Chapel.

The life of Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands in 1853 and did not begin to paint until he was twenty-seven. In ten years he made about nine hundred paintings, most of them in the last four, in Paris, Arles, the asylum at Saint-Rémy and Auvers, where he shot himself in July 1890.

The three paintings in Rome all date from the asylum and after. Two were bought for the national gallery of modern art. The Pietà was given to the Vatican for the collection of modern religious art that Pope Paul VI opened in 1973.

What to know

  • Painted about 900 pictures in ten years
  • Sold almost nothing in his lifetime
  • The Vatican owns his Pietà, painted after Delacroix
Born
30 March 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
Died
29 July 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Vincent van Gogh: common questions

Where can you see Vincent van Gogh in Rome?
At the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea: The Gardener and L'Arlésienne. At the Vatican Museums: Pietà, after Delacroix. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Vincent van Gogh's most famous work in Rome?
The Gardener, of 1889, at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. A young man in a striped jacket against the green of the asylum garden at Saint-Rémy.
When and where was Vincent van Gogh born?
On 30 March 1853, at Zundert, Netherlands. Vincent van Gogh died on 29 July 1890, at Auvers-sur-Oise, France, aged about 37.
What is Vincent van Gogh known for?
Painted about 900 pictures in ten years. Sold almost nothing in his lifetime. The Vatican owns his Pietà, painted after Delacroix. Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, of Post-Impressionism.

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