Vincent van Gogh
Landscape with Figures
1888
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Vincent van Gogh
Landscape with Figures
1888
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 19 15/16 × 26 in. (50.6 × 66 cm.)
Framed: 31 1/4 × 37 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (79.4 × 94.6 × 8.9 cm.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.303
Like the painter Jean-François Millet (1814–1875), whom he greatly admired, van Gogh often painted landscapes depicting peasants in the fields and the gardens they cultivated. Here, small figures working on a sloping hillside are all but lost in the expressive, rhythmic brushstrokes that define the tracts of land. This work was either painted at Saint-Rémy in the South of France or Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris, where the artist spent the last months of this life.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, by purchase, August 10, 1934; Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, by purchase; Stransky Collection, New York, 1929; formerly Leicester Galleries, London, 1927; Mme. Jo van Gogh-Bonger and V.W. van Gogh, Amsterdam
Matisse, Picasso, and the School of Paris
Gauguin-Van Gogh: L'avventura del colore nuovo
Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh: Drawings and Paintings
Vincent van Gogh - The Landscapes
Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore
Open-Air Painting
Van Gogh in America
Adelyn Breeskin: Curating a Legacy
Cone Wing Rotations 2022
Cone Wing Rotations 2023
Cone Wing Rotations 2024
Delirious Van Gogh
Cone Wing Rotations 2025
Van Gogh and His Circle: Looking Back to the Future (working title)
"Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Cézanne," Dresden, Germany: Emil Richter, 1908.
"Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition," New York: Montross Gallery, 1920. (possibly no. 37)
"Catalogue of the Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition," London: Leicester Galleries, 1923. (Possibly published as "The Olive Orchard")
"Vincent van Gogh," Basel, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Basel, 1924. (possibly no. 76)
"Ausstellung Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890," Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1924. (possibly no. 37)
"Vincent Van Gogh," Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1924. (possibly no. 73)
"Exposition Rétrospective d'oeuvres de Vincent Van Gogh," Paris: Galerie Marcel Bernheim, 1925, no. 53. (Published as "Paysage avec figures")
"Allgemeine Kunst Ausstellung," Munich, Germany: Knorr & Hirth, G.M.B.H., 1926, no. 2070. (Published as "Landschaft Bäume mit Acker")
"Vincent Van Gogh Exhibition," London: The Leicester Galleries, 1926, no. 9. (Published as "A Hilly Landscape")
"Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin," Berlin: Thannhauser Galleries, 1927, no. 115. (Published as "Landschaft")
J. B. de la Faille, "L'Oeuvre de Vincent Van Gogh, Catalogue Raisonné," Paris: Les Éditions G. Van Oest, 1928, pp. 231, 240, pl. 227, no. 818, ill. (Published as "Paysage avec figures")
"Zur Ausstellung 'Meister des XIX. Jahrhunderts' in der Basler Kunthalle," "Basler Nachrichten," October 17/18, 1931, no. 285, n.p., ill. (Published as "Landschaft")
Etta Cone, "The Cone Collection of Baltimore-Maryland," Baltimore: Etta Cone, 1934, p. 23, pl. 26, ill. (Published as "Paysage avec Figures")
W. Scherjon and Jos. De Gruyter, "Vincent Van Gogh's Great Period: Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers sur Oise," Amsterdam: De Spieghel, Ltd., 1937, p. 341, no. 153, ill. (Published s "St. Rémy")
J. B. de la Faille, "Vincent Van Gogh," Paris: Hyperion Press, 1939, p. 546, no. 802, ill.
George Boas, Adelyn D. Breeskin and J.G. D'Arcy Paul, "Selections from the Cone Collection," "News of the Baltimore Museum of Art," October 1949, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 13.
"Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta, Collectors," "Art News," vol. XLVIII, no. 9, January 1950, p. 40.
"Paintings by the Impressionists and Post Impressionists," Richmond: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1950.
Gertrude Rosenthal, "From Ingres to Gauguin: French Nineteenth Century Paintings Owned in Maryland," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1951, pp. 12, 13, 43, no. 161.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, pp. 25, 41, no. 122.
"Object of the Week," "The Baltimore Sun," October 28, 1956, p. MG29, ill.
Barbara Pollack, "The Collectors: Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone," Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1962, pp. 211, 215.
Milton W. Brown, "The Story of the Armory Show," Washington, DC: The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1963, p. 247, no. 428, ill. (Published as "L'Olivier")
"Loans to Other Institutions September 1964 through March 1965," "News of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1967, vol. 28, nos. 2, 3 and 4, p. 25.
George Boas, Adelyn Breeskin, and Gertrude Rosenthal, "Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1967, p. 66, no. 27.
J. B. de la Faille, "The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings," Amsterdam: Meulenhoff International, 1970, pp. 291, 308, 688, no. F818, ill.
Paolo Lecaldano, "L'opera Pittorica Completa di Van Gogh e I Suoi Nessi Grafici," Milan: Rizzoli, 1971, pp. 226, 229, 240, 241, no. 786, ill. (Published as "Quattro Alberi")
Association of American Painters and Sculptors, "The Armory Show International Exhibition of Modern Art 1913, vol 1: Catalogues," New York: Arno Press, 1972, p. 37, no. 434. (Published as "Paysage d'Arles")
Brenda Richardson, "Dr. Claribel & Miss Etta: The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, pp. 119, 188.
Peter C. Sutton, "A Guide to Dutch Art in America," Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986, p. 6 (published as "Landscape with Trees and Figures").
Milton W. Brown, "The Story of the Armory Show," New York: Abbeville Press, 1988, pp. 158, 271, 272, 349, insert, p. 158, ill.
Ingo F. Walther, Rainer Metzger, "Vincent van Gogh Sämtliche Gemälde," Cologne: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH & Co., KG, 1989, pp. 579, 735, ill. p. 579. (Published as "Landschaft mit Bäumen und Figuren")
J. F. Heijbroek and E. L. Wouthuysen, "Kunst, Kennis en Commercie, De Kunsthandelaar J. H. de Bois 1878-1946," Amsterdam: Contact, 1993, pp. 44, 200, p. 44, ill. (Published as "Vrouw onder bomen wandelend")
Jan Hulsker, "The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches. Revised and Enlarged Edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Vincent Van Gogh," Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff, 1996, pp. 425, 498, no. 1848, ill. (Published as "Woman Walking under the Trees")
Nobuyuki Senzoku and Akira Tomita, "Matisse and Modern Masters from the Cone Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art," Tokyo: Brain Trust Inc., 1996, p. 37, fig. 21, ill.
Richard Shiff, "Corot and the Painter's Mark: Natural, Personal, Pictorial," "Apollo," May 1998, vol. CXLVII, no. 435, pp. 5, 7, fig. 6, ill.
Sona K. Johnston and William R. Johnston, "The Triumph of French Painting: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse," London: Scala Publishers, 2000, pp. 32, 130-131, 156, no. 46, ill.
Charles Darwent, "Double Vision," "The Independent," June 17, 2001, p. 21.
Geoffrey John Warner, "Warner on Van Gogh, vols. I, III" Salisbury, England: Geoffrey John Warner, 2001.
Eric M. Zafran, "Impressionism to Surrealism from the Baltimore Museum of Art," Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2002, pp. 8, 9, 22, no. 51, ill.
William Zimmer, "Following the Path of Gertrude Stein," "The New York Times," February 17, 2002, section 14CN, p. 13, ill. p. 13.
Donald Miller, "A Coup for Naples," "Naples Daily News," February 4, 2005, p. 1D, ill.
Judit Geskó, ed., "Van Gogh in Budapest," Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2006, pp. 350-351, 549, no. 66, ill. (Published as "Landscape with Trees and Figure")
Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Heinz Widauer, Sjraar van Heugten, Marje Vellekoop, eds., "Van Gogh Heartfelt Lines," Cologne and Vienna: DuMont Buchverlag and the Albertina Museum, 2008, pp. 392-393, no. 121, ill. (Published as "Landscape with Trees and Figures")
Susan M. Heidenreich and Kathleen A. Turano, "Where Does One Look When Viewing Artwork in a Museum?," "Empirical Studies of the Arts: Journal of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics," 2011, vol. 29, no.1, pp. 55, 62, 64, fig. 4, ill.
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, pp. 56, 77, pl. 33, ill.
Karen Rosenberg, "What They Loved and What They Bought," "The New York Times," May 6, 2011, p. C30.
Shaw, Jill (editor). Van Gogh in America. Detroit: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 2022. ill, cat. 56, plate 1.
Inscribed: Recto: There are no visible inscriptions on the recto. Verso: The painting has been wax lined and there are no visible inscriptions on the canvas verso. Lower left stretcher in peach pencil, "434" Top central stretcher, white square label in black print, "LOAN/27.1955" Bottom of central stretcher, browned rectangular label, printed, "GALERIE THANNHAUSER/LUZERN/Haldenstr. 11 Telephon 186/No. 1349" Bottom of central stretcher in black grease pencil, "1-0" Top left stretcher, rectangular cream label in black ink, "Van Gogh Nr. 1349/Higelige Landschaft/L.M. 65 x 50 Ph. Nr. Ou. 11" Top central stretcher, rectangular label in black print, "TABLEAUX _____ EDITIONS L'ART/N°/Suje____" Bottom right stretcher, rectangular browned label in dark print, "___eracher cette partie et ___ sar ce revers aa caar/American Painters and Sculptors Inc. New-Yor/Titre de l'oeuvre: Paysage d'Arles/Nom de l'A___ Vincent van Gogh" Frame Inscriptions Verso: Middle of the left vertical rail in black grease pencil, "415862+" Top center, inside rabbit in black marker, "415842" Middle of the right vertical rail, rectangular grey label, printed, "HYDENRYK frame"
On View at the BMA
![LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURE SEATED ON A HILLSIDE [TOP]; LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES NEAR A CROSS [BOTTOM]](https://artbmadevsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/96165_25714587.jpg)
