GOGH, Vincent van
(b. 1853, Groot Zundert, d. 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

A Pair of Shoes

Second half of 1886, Paris
Oil on canvas, 38 x 45 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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Van Gogh painted several still-lifes of shoes or boots during his Paris period. He returned to this motif later in Arles.