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This picture is a white baby on a flat, bright yellow, and a dull copy turns the yellow to mustard. Our Van Gogh Madame Roulin and Her Baby print was graded beside the original so the yellow stays bright and the thick white paint keeps its shape.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x20 inch, 24x30 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its upright shape suits a nursery, a bedroom or a family room. The yellow, white and green look cheerful with white, cream and pale wood, and a white or natural frame suits it.
About the painting
Madame Roulin and Her Baby by Vincent van Gogh
Arles, late 1888
In Arles, Vincent van Gogh had painted the postman Joseph Roulin that summer. In late 1888 he painted the whole family: Joseph, his wife Augustine, their sons Armand and Camille, and the baby, Marcelle, who was about four months old.
The baby
Here Augustine holds Marcelle upright, in a white bonnet and dress, against a flat yellow ground; her own face and hands are at the edges, in green. The baby’s face is laid on in thick, quick strokes.
An entire family
He wrote to his brother that he had painted “the portraits of an entire family… all characters and very French,” and that it consoled him a little for not being a doctor. This painting belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Read the story
In one burst of work, Vincent van Gogh painted a whole family, right down to the baby.
It's late 1888, in Arles, in the south of France, and Paul Gauguin is staying with Vincent in the Yellow House.
That summer Vincent painted the town's postman, Joseph Roulin.
Now he paints the rest of the family: Joseph again, his wife Augustine, their sons Armand and Camille, and the baby, Marcelle, who is about four months old.
Here Augustine holds Marcelle upright, in a white bonnet and a white dress, against a flat, bright yellow.
The mother is almost out of the picture, with only her face and her hands at the edges. The baby fills the middle.
Vincent lays the little face on in thick, quick strokes.
He writes to his brother Theo about them. I've done the portraits of an entire family, he says. All characters, and very French, although they have a Russian look.
You can sense how in my element that makes me feel, he adds, and that it consoles me a little for not being a doctor.
Today this painting belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Look at that small, serious face on all that yellow, and see what the painter felt when he was in his element.
Madame Roulin and Her Baby. Vincent van Gogh, 1888.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
