# Farmhouse with Two Figures [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOGH, Vincent van]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 38 x 45 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 806, JH 2017. During his first weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town near Paris, the nearby farms and the mossy thatched-roof cottages counted amongst van Gogh's favourite subjects. He was buoyed with energy and explored the area for motifs. The present painting was most probably painted among the first group of works that the painter executed after his arrival. For this painting the artist chose a farmhouse with a thatched roof and two women working in the garden in front. The thatched roofs reminded van Gogh of his native Brabant. ## 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]()