The Man is at Sea after Demont Breton

Vincent van Gogh

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Work Overview

The Man is at Sea (after Demont-Breton)
1889
Private collection


Van Gogh painted a work of the engraving Man at Sea made by Virginie Demont-Breton, daughter of Jules Breton. Her engraving was exhibited at the Salon of 1889.[9] The picture depicts, almost entirely in shades of violet, a peaceful scene of a mother sitting by a fire with her baby on her lap.