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The Potato Eaters

The Potato Eaters (Dutch: De Aardappeleters) is a painting by Van Gogh which he painted in April 1885 while in Nuenen, Netherlands. It is housed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The version at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo is a preliminary oil sketch, he also made a version as a lithograph. In 1885 van Gogh made several versions of the Potato Eaters.

  • The Potato Eaters, 1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

  • Study for The Potato Eaters

  • Study for The Potato Eaters, 1885, Private collection (F77r)

  • Study for The Potato Eaters, 1885, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F78)

  • Potato Eaters, Lithograph (April 1885), reversed image, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain (F082)

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