Autumn
Jules Dupré (1811 - 1889), c. 1865
oil on canvas, 106.5 cm x 93.5 cm
Credits: The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Jules Dupré specialized in views of forests in stormy weather. He painted this landscape in the woods near Compiègne, north of Paris. The tiny figure of the woodcutter is almost imperceptible amid the towering trees. In this work Dupré wanted to convey man’s insignificance in relation to nature.
Vincent van Gogh saw this painting at an exhibition in The Hague in 1882. It made a deep impression on him, and he later wrote to his brother: ‘It expresses that moment and that place in nature where one can go alone, without company.’
- Object number
- hwm0122
- Dimensions
- 106.5 cm x 93.5 cm, 130.5 cm x 117 cm, 10 cm
- Provenance
- Sold by Perreau, Paris, to Goupil & Cie, Paris for FRF 20,000, 24 October 1881; sold by Goupil & Cie, The Hague (no. 15695, Automne) to Hendrik Willem Mesdag, The Hague for NLG 12,400, 9 February 1882; Collection Museum Mesdag donated by Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten to the State of the Netherlands, 14 May 1903; Rijksmuseum H.W. Mesdag, The Hague, from 1 August 1903; in trust of the Mauritshuis, The Hague, between 1934 and 1990; in trust of the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, from 1 April 1990; Museum Mesdag, in trust of the Van Gogh Museum Foundation, Amsterdam, from 1 July 1994, under the name of De Mesdag Collectie from 2011.
- artist
- Jules Dupré
- Credits
- The Mesdag Collection, The Hague
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Kiezen voor Vincent. Portret van een familiegeschiedenis, 10 February-10 April 2023
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh, Rousseau, Corot: in het bos, 7 July-10 September 2017
The Hague, De Mesdag Collectie, Natuur in beeld. Fotografie ontmoet schilderkunst in de 19de eeuw, 5 March-5 June 2016
Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, Conservation project Dupré & Daubigny, 10 December 2012-10 December 2013
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, De keuze van Vincent. Van Goghs Musée imaginaire, 14 February-15 June 2003
Hofstra, Feikje Wimmie, De Haagse streken van Vincent van Gogh 30-03-1953 - 29-07-1890, Den Haag, 2019, p. 162-163
Hofstra, Feikje Wimmie, Experience Vincent van Gogh in The Hague 30-03-1853 - 29-07-1890, Den Haag, 2019, p. 162-163
Heugten, Sjraar van, Greer, Joan Eileen, Gott, Ted, Van Gogh and the Seasons, Victoria, 2017, p. 4, 6
Heugten, Sjraar van, Curiger, Bice, Clergue, Yolande, Van Gogh : coulours du nord, coulours du sud, Arles, 2014, p. 22-23
Dijk, Maite van, Suijver, Renske, Fitski, M., Smits, C., De Mesdag Collectie, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 18, 28
Dijk, Maite van, Suijver, Renske, Fitski, M., Smits, C., The Mesdag Collection, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 18, 28
Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, Amsterdam, 2000, p. 162
Leighton, John, Vincent van Gogh and his time. Four seasons from the Van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum, Tokyo, 1997, p. 72-73, 140-141
Bodt, Saskia de, Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Pennock, Hanna, Museum Mesdag : catalogue of paintings and drawings, Zwolle, 1996, p. 187-188
