Detail of Shoes by Van Gogh in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2008

Shoes, 1888
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
Oil on canvas
18 x 21 3/4 in. (45.7 x 55.2 cm)
Signed (lower left): Vincent
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1992 (1992.374)


Van Gogh painted several still lifes of shoes or boots during his Paris period. This picture, painted later in Arles, evinces a unique return to the earlier motif.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1992.374