Cottage Interior
Bernardus Johannes Blommers
(Dutch, 1845–1914)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions25.4 x 31.1 cm (10 x 12 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam R. Wilson Donation
Accession number15.878
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Blommers and van Gogh were on good terms when Vincent lived in The Hague, the capital of Dutch art. Painters of scenes from everyday life - whether French or Dutch - provided van Gogh with the example he needed to become a painter of peasants, in works such as the The Potato Eaters (1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), his powerful image of a peasant family at supper.
InscriptionsLower right: BlommersProvenanceWilliam R. Wilson (b. 1844 - d. 1915), Boston; 1915, bequest of William R. Wilson to the MFA.. (Accession Date: June 3, 1915)
about 1942
1964
Early 19th century
about 1860–70
late 1630s