# The Vicarage at Nuenen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOGH, Vincent van]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 33 x 43 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 182, JH 948. The house of his parents which had been a home and a studio for the artist for a period of time, was one of the subjects van Gogh depicted in the autumn of 1885. The composition shows a front view of the vicarage, as observed from across the street. It includes the trees that lined the road and the coach-house to the right which belonged to the neighbouring family. Two women are conversing in front of the entrance, possibly referring to the artist's mother and sister. The present painting is the only one known of the vicarage. Van Gogh was obviously more charmed by the garden at the back of the building which inspired him various times to execute a whole range of drawings and paintings. ## 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]()