The Potato Eaters | |
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Dutch: De Aardappeleters | |
Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
Year | 1885 |
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Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 82 cm × 114 cm (32.3 in × 44.9 in) |
Location | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
The Potato Eaters (Dutch: De Aardappeleters) is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted in April 1885 in Nuenen, Netherlands.[1]
It is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The original oil sketch is at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, and he made lithographs of the image, which are held in collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The painting is considered to be one of Van Gogh's masterpieces.[2]