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This little still life is all soft browns and greys with one pale cabbage, and a heavy copy turns it to mud. Our Van Gogh still life with cabbage and clogs print was graded beside the original so the cabbage keeps its light and the dark table its depth.
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
18x12 inch, 28x18 inch, 40x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its long, low shape suits a kitchen, a dining room or the wall above a sideboard. The browns and soft greys look warm with cream, linen and walnut, and a dark wood frame suits it.
About the painting
Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs by Vincent van Gogh
The Hague, December 1881
In December 1881 Vincent van Gogh was 28 and had just begun to work under the painter Anton Mauve, a cousin by marriage, in The Hague. “Have now painted 5 studies,” he wrote to his brother Theo. “The painted studies are still lifes.”
Number one
This is one of them: a white cabbage, a pair of wooden clogs and a few potatoes on a table. When his work was catalogued, it was given the number F 1, the first in the whole list.
At Mauve’s elbow
“I can’t tell you how good and kind Mauve and Jet have been to me these days,” he wrote. “Mauve has shown and told me things which I can’t do straightaway but will gradually put into practice.” The painting belongs to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Read the story
When Vincent van Gogh's paintings were finally catalogued, this simple still life was given number one.
It's December 1881, in The Hague. Vincent is twenty-eight, and he has decided to become a painter.
He's working under Anton Mauve, a successful painter who is his cousin by marriage.
Have now painted five studies, he writes to his brother Theo. The painted studies are still lifes.
This is one of them: a white cabbage, a pair of wooden clogs and a few potatoes on a dark table.
It's painted in browns and greys, the colours of the Dutch painters he admires.
I can't tell you how good and kind Mauve and Jet have been to me these days, he writes. Mauve has shown and told me things which I can't do straightaway, but will gradually put into practice.
Mauve also gives him some blunt advice. You're too close to your model.
Years later, when all his work was listed, this little picture became F one, the first in the catalogue.
Today it belongs to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
Look at those clogs and that cabbage, and see where the whole story begins.
Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs. Vincent van Gogh, 1881.
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.
