# The Baby Marcel Roulin [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOGH, Vincent van]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 43 x 24 cm ## Commentary <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/database/glossary/note02.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=300,height=400'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">Catalogue numbers:</a> F 441a, JH 1640. Marcelle Roulin \(born on July 31, 1888\) was the daughter of Joseph Étienne Roulin, the postman of Arles railway station. The postman became friends with van Gogh and he agreed to sit for two portraits. From the end of November 1888 van Gogh portrayed Marcelle, her two brothers Camille and Armand, and the mother as well. Van Gogh painted the baby Marcelle's portrait in three copies, he presented one to the Roulin family, the other he gave to Theo and his wife Jo. There are only slight alterations between the three versions. ## Related artworks - [A Cottage on the Heath and "The Protestant Barn"]() - [A Lane in the Public Garden at Arles]() - [A Meadow in the Mountains: Le Mas de Saint-Paul]() - [A Pair of Leather Clogs]() - [A Pair of Shoes]() - [A Pair of Shoes]() - [A Workman's Meal-Break]() - [Agostina Segatori in the Café du Tambourin]() - [Almond Tree in Blossom]() - [Apricot Trees in Blossom]() - [At Eternity's Gate \("Worn Out"\)]() - [Avenue of Plane Trees near Arles Station]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()