Thursday, August 4, 2022

Vincent in Arles
(1888)

It still amazes me how different some digital pics can be on the internet. 

A good examples the next painting date October 1888  mentioned in a letter to Theo:


<i>  …the Trinquetaille bridge with all its steps is a canvas done on a grey morning, the stones, the asphalt, the cobblestones are grey, the sky a pale blue, the small figures colourful, a puny tree with yellow foliage.</i>

So the reproduction should be grey and what do you find online is this:


But also this:


The Trinquetaille Bridge


October, 1888
Oil on canvas
73.5 x 92.5 cm. 


Private collection


Since the whereabouts of this painting are unknown it’s impossible to determine which one is more accurate.
Probably the second but I can’t help also liking the first…
Which one do you prefer?

The bridge on Google streetview:

 



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