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Red Cabbages and Garlic by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh, 1887

$130.00

Item no. PDVGW018-00

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Red cabbages and garlic on a blue cloth: Van Gogh’s kitchen still life from Paris, on stretched canvas, framed, or on fine art paper.

Format

Stretched canvasfrom $130 Framed canvasfrom $160 Framed printfrom $160 Fine art printfrom $100

Size

Which size fits your wall

Every size keeps the painting's own proportions. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

20 × 16 in 51 × 41 cm

Three-seat sofa, 84 in wide × 34 in tall (213 × 86 cm)

Size	Metric	Where it works
20 × 16 in	51 × 41 cm	Plays well with others: the middle of a gallery wall, a pair side by side, or a hallway on its own.
30 × 24 in	76 × 61 cm	Holds a wall on its own above a dresser, console or sideboard. Above a bed or a sofa, hang two side by side.
40 × 32 in	102 × 81 cm	A statement piece. Big enough to anchor a living room or dining room wall alone, or to hang above a queen bed or a fireplace.

Rule of thumb: choose art about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it.

20 × 16 in51 × 41 cm 30 × 24 in76 × 61 cm 40 × 32 in102 × 81 cm

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These cabbages are painted in blues, greens and rusty reds, with the garlic in yellow and orange, and a dull copy turns them grey. Our Van Gogh red cabbages and garlic print was graded beside the original so every colour in the leaves stays clear.

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

20x16 inch, 30x24 inch, 40x32 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

On your wall

Its landscape shape suits a kitchen, a dining room or a breakfast nook. The blues, purples and creams look fresh with white, slate and pale wood, and a natural or white frame suits it.

About the painting

Red Cabbages and Garlic by Vincent van Gogh

Paris, 1887

In 1887 Vincent van Gogh was living with his brother Theo in Montmartre and painting a series of still lifes. This one hung in Theo’s apartment: red cabbages and white bulbs on a cloth that has faded from purple to greyish blue.

Onions, they said

After Theo died it passed to his widow Jo and then to their son. When it was first shown, in Berlin in 1928, it was called Red Cabbages and Onions, and the name stuck for almost a century.

A chef’s eye

In 2022 Ernst de Witte, a chef in Utrecht, looked closely and saw that the onions were garlic. The Van Gogh Museum agreed and changed the title in 2023. The painting is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

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For almost a hundred years, nobody noticed what was really on this table, until a chef took a look.

It's 1887, in Paris. Vincent van Gogh is living with his brother Theo in Montmartre, and painting a series of still lifes.

This one hangs in Theo's apartment. Red cabbages, in blues and greens and rusty reds, and a few white bulbs, on a cloth that has faded over the years from purple to a greyish blue.

After Theo dies, the painting goes to his widow, Jo, and then to their son.

In 1928 it's shown in public for the first time, in Berlin, as Red Cabbages and Onions. And that's what everyone calls it.

Then, in 2022, a chef in Utrecht called Ernst de Witte looks at it closely.

Those aren't onions, he says. They're garlic.

He compares it with another of Vincent's still lifes, and the Van Gogh Museum agrees.

In 2023 the painting gets its proper name: Red Cabbages and Garlic.

Today it hangs in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Look at those white bulbs and see what the chef saw, and what everyone else had missed.

Red Cabbages and Garlic. Vincent van Gogh, 1887.

Self-Portrait, 1887. Art Institute of Chicago.

The artist

Vincent van Gogh

1853–1890 · Post-Impressionism

Dutch painter who came to art late, in his late twenties, and made most of the work we know in the last few years of his life, much of it in Arles in the south of France. He used colour to carry feeling, and explained it in hundreds of letters, most of them to his brother Theo.

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The original

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Date: 1887
Medium: Oil on canvas
Where it hangs today: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (the museum’s page, opens in a new tab)
Originals: One painting
Original size: 50 × 64.5 cm

Graded against the original: true to the artist’s colours, brought back to life for your wall.

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.