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Cart with Red and White Ox

1884 · Oil on canvas and panel

A red and white ox is harnessed to a cart in a dark barn in Nuenen.

ArtistVVincent van Gogh
MuseumKKröller-Müller Museum
MovementPPost-Impressionism
LocationOtterlo, Netherlands
Genregenre art
Dimensions56.7 × 82.5 cm
SourceWikidata Q5047027

Why it matters

A red and white ox stands harnessed to a cart. Van Gogh painted it in 1884, some four years before leaving the Netherlands for the south of France.

Did you know?

  • A similar painting, Cart with Black Ox, is in Portland.
  • It is not known which of the two came first.
  • It is in the Kröller-Müller Museum.

Based on the Wikipedia article Cart with Red and White Ox (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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