Why it matters
The woman is probably Agostina Segatori, owner of the Café du Tambourin, where Van Gogh often went and exhibited his paintings. A few months earlier he had had a brief romance with her.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1887.
- It is also known as Portrait of a Woman with Carnations.
- It has been in the Musée d'Orsay since 1986.
Based on the Dutch Wikipedia article De Italiaanse (CC BY-SA 4.0).
