Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial CollectionCC0 (public domain) · 8,676 × 10,963 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF
1889 · Art Institute of Chicago
Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La Berceuse)
painting by Vincent van Gogh in the Art Institute of Chicago
In the picture
- Date
- 1889WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1889
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.7 × 73.8 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 92.7 × 73.8 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Gallery
- Gallery 241Art Institute of Chicago
- Genre
- portraitWikidata
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1926.200Wikidata
- Credit line
- Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial CollectionArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- Dates unknownArt Institute of Chicagomedium confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
Mannheim Kunsthalle, Internationale Kunstausstellung, March 1 - October 20, 1907, cat. 1080.
Paris, Galerie E. Druet, Cinquante Tableaux de Vincent van Gogh, November 8 - 20, 1909, cat. 10
Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Exposition rétrospective d'oeuvres de Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), January 5 - 24, 1925, cat. 28.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Apr.-Sep. 1925
Boston Arts Club, Jan. 1926..
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. 377.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1934, cat. 311.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 1936.
D. Rosen, July 1947
New York, Wildenstein and Co., Van Gogh: Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Public Education Association, Mar. 24 - Apr. 30, 1955.
Nagaoka, Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Masterworks of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago, Apr. 20–May 29, 1994; Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, June 10–July 24, 1994; Yokohama Museum of Art, Aug. 6–Sep. 25, 1994.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Van Gogh: Face to Face, Mar. 12-June 4, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, July 2–Sep. 24, 2000; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 22, 2000–Jan. 14, 2001.
Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South, The Art Institute of Chicago, Sep. 22, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Feb. 9-June 2, 2002.
Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh's Bedrooms, Feb. 14 - May 10, 2016, no cat. no., plate 25.
Sapporo, Hokkaidõ Museum of Modern Art, Van Gogh & Japan, Aug. 26- Oct. 14, 2017, cat. 122; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Oct. 24, 2017-Jan. 8, 2018; Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art, Jan. 20-Mar. 4, 2018; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Mar. 23-June 24, 2018.
Washington DC, The Phillips Collection, Van Gogh: Repetitions, Oct. 12, 2013 – Jan. 26, 2014, cat. 24; Cleveland Museum of Art, Mar. 2 – May 26, 2014.
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Het Noordbrabants Museum, Van Gogh's Inner Circle: Friends, Family, Models, Sep. 21, 2019 - Jan. 12, 2020, cat. 75.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Van Gogh and the Roulin Family, Mar. 30–Aug. 3, 2025, no cat. no., fig. 50; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Sep. 3, 2025–Jan 11, 2026.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago27949
- Wikimedia CommonsVincent van Gogh - Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La berceuse) - 1926.200 - Art Institute of Chicago.jpg
- inventory number1926.200
- WikidataQ20265518
- Fame rank#13149 (1 Wikipedia articles)


