Marguerite Gachet at the Piano

Catalogue numbers: F 772, JH 2048.

Van Gogh suggested a painting of the same size but of horizontal format, depicting Wheat Fields: The Plain of Auvers (F 775) as the pendant of this painting. He envisaged them as part of a greater, decorative ensemble.

Like in Provence, in Auvers van Gogh was again using the dots which are such a characteristic hallmark of Japanese art. In his portrait of Marguerite Gachet, the background is dotted with tiny dabs obviously of oriental origin.