The Potato Eaters

Les Mangeurs de pommes de terre

The Potato Eaters

Vincent van Gogh · 1885

Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

“Van Gogh called this his best work to date: peasants sharing a potato supper by lamplight, painted with hands that "have tilled the earth themselves." It was his first ambitious multi-figure composition.”

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

82 × 114 cm (32.3 × 44.9 in)

Painted at

Nuenen, Netherlands

Current location

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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