Never-before-seen Van Gogh drawing goes on display
A newly discovered Vincent Van Gogh drawing has made its debut in in Amsterdam.
The Van Gogh Museum revealed that the never-before-seen piece was drawn in 1882, marking the early days of the famous artist's extraordinary career.
The artwork had been sitting in a Dutch family's private collection for over 100 years, and was loaned to the Amsterdam Museum for viewing for the first time.
The unique piece will be visible to the public until January 2nd 2022, before returning to the private collection.
The drawing depicts an exhausted old man and has been titled Study for Worn Out.
Signed “Vincent”, the drawing shows an elderly labourer dressed in boots, trousers and a waistcoat bending over with his head in his hands.
Teio Meedendorp, a senior researcher at the Van Gogh Museum, told the BBC that it was "absolutely impossible" to predict how much the piece was worth.
The artwork seems to be an earlier version of a more well-known Van Gogh piece titled Worn Out, which has been on display at the museum for many years.
This first draft of an artwork gives researchers an exclusive insight into Van Gogh's working process as an early artist.
As expected, the team at The Van Gogh Museum, were “delighted with this discovery” and felt like they had contributed to their specialty.
The owner of the artwork, who wishes to remain anonymous, was conversing with the museum about the likelihood of the piece being attributed to Vincent Van Gogh.
Teio Meedendorp stated, "In stylistic terms, it fits perfectly with the many figures we know from Van Goghs time in the Hague and the connect with Worn Out is obvious”.
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