Category:Noon – Rest from Work, by Vincent van Gogh

**The siesta (after Millet)**
	painting by Vincent van Gogh
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Instance of	painting,; artwork copy
Depicts	haystack; field; siesta; lying; sky; clog; noon; peasant; grain harvest; sickle; hat; man; woman; couple; cart; shoe; scythe; sleep;
Material used	oil paint; canvas (painting surface);
Genre	genre art;
Location	Musée d'Orsay, Gare d'Orsay, Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, 7th arrondissement of Paris, Rive Gauche, 6th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, Metropolis of Greater Paris, Île-de-France
Creator	Vincent van Gogh (Jean-François Millet);
Owned by	France (1952–);
Based on	Noonday Rest;
Location of creation	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence;
Collection	Musée d'Orsay (1986–);
Inventory number	RF 1952 17 (Musée d'Orsay);
Inception	January 1890;
Significant event	sales (Paris, 32, 1932);
Part of the series	Copies by Vincent van Gogh;
Width	91 cm;
Height	73 cm;
Authority control
	Q11826275; Joconde work ID: 000PE004194; Musée d'Orsay artwork ID: 750; Google Arts & Culture asset ID: LwFmpmDARcicFQ
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The siesta (after Millet)

Artist



Alternative names	Jean-François Millet (II)
Description	French plowman, painter, engraver, draftsperson and photographer
Date of birth/death	4 October 1814	20 January 1875
Location of birth/death	Gruchy near Cherbourg (Manche)	Barbizon
Authority control	: Q148458 VIAF: 59179782 ISNI: 0000 0001 2134 9912 ULAN: 500012529 LCCN: n50033212 NLA: 35353608 WGA: MILLET, Jean-François Open Library: OL1716447A GND: 118582550 SELIBR: 247648 SUDOC: 033657467 BNF: 12450211c NDL: 00450104 BIBSYS: 90159634 NKC: ola2002150765 SBN: IT\ICCU\RAVV\033035 BNE: XX996587 CiNii: DA00804664 KulturNav: 676098a5-19cd-44b8-a3a5-5f9a670030ec RKD: 132043 NLI: 000093650 Koninklijke: 070672598 NLK: KAC201620071 WorldCat



Alternative names	Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description	Dutch painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	30 March 1853	29 July 1890
Location of birth/death	Zundert	Auvers-sur-Oise
Work period	between circa 1880 and circa July 1890 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	Netherlands (Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886 date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Paris (from 1886 until 1887 date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Arles (from 1888 until 1889 date QS:P,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (from 1889 until 1890 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1889-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Authority control	: Q5582 VIAF: 9854560 ISNI: 0000 0001 2095 5689 ULAN: 500115588 LCCN: n79022935 NLA: 35130087 WGA: GOGH, Vincent van Open Library: OL36119A DBNL: gogh006 GND: 118540416 SELIBR: 188359 SUDOC: 027176207 BNF: 11927591g BPN: 32545490 NDL: 00441120 BIBSYS: 90062600 NKC: jn20000601950 SBN: IT\ICCU\CFIV\038247 RSL: 000083033 BNE: XX888249 CiNii: DA01003999 NLP: A11789979 KulturNav: 2192c545-cc43-43b4-8abd-1cd22af701dc RKD: 32439 NLI: 000054190 BNR: 000233016 Koninklijke: 068472676 Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa11621/vincent-van-gogh NLK: KAC199610281 WorldCat

Title

Noon – Rest from Work (after Millet)

Series title

Copies by Vincent van Gogh

Object type

painting / artwork copy

Genre

genre art

Date

from 1890 until 1891

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

73 × 91 cm (28.7 × 35.8 in)

Collection

Musée d'Orsay

	Native name	Musée d'Orsay
	Parent institution	Établissement public du musée d'Orsay et du musée de l'Orangerie
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 36″ N, 2° 19′ 35″ E
	Established	1986
	Web page	www.musee-orsay.fr
	Authority control	: Q23402 VIAF: 130307757 ISNI: 0000 0001 2157 2575 ULAN: 500310001 LCCN: n84128587 NLA: 36024323 WorldCat

Current location

2^nd floor room 72

Accession number

RF 1952 17

Place of creation

Saint-Rémy

Object history

collection Mme J. Van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam; collection Aubry, Paris
-1932 collection Charles Pacquement, Paris
1932, vente Charles Pacquement, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 12 décembre 1932, n°32 Galerie E. Bignou
-1963, dans la collection Mme Fernand Halphen, née Koenigswarter, Paris 1952, accepté par l'Etat à titre de donation sous réserve d'usufruit de Mme Fernand Halphen (comité du 28/02/1952, conseil du 06/03/1952, arrêté du 29/07/1952) 1952, attribué au musée du Louvre, Paris 1963-1986, musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (fin de l'usufruit en 1963)

1986, affecté au musée d'Orsay, Paris

Exhibition history

Van Gogh, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 1905
Oeuvres de grands maîtres du XIXe siècle, Paris, France, 1922
Van Gogh, Paris, France, 1925
[sans titre], Paris, France, 1927
L'Impressionnisme, Bruxelles, Belgique, 1935
Quelques toiles importantes de collections particulières des XIXe et XXe siècles, Paris, France, 1945
J.-F. Millet : le portraitiste et le dessinateur, Paris, France, 1964
Vingt ans d'acquisitions au Musée du Louvre, 1947-1967, Paris, France, 1967
Copies, répliques, faux, Paris, France, 1973
Van Gogh and Millet, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, 1988
Paysages, paysans : l'art et la terre en Europe du Moyen Age au XXe siècle, Paris, France, 1994
Millet - Van Gogh, Paris, France, 1998

L'Impressionnisme et l'Art moderne, Séoul, Corée, République de, 2000

References

Orsay Museum: online database: entry 750 Catalogues raisonnés:

F686: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 686 .
JH1881 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no. 1881.