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| Keywords: Vincent van Gogh - La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin, 1851–1930).jpg oil canvas cm 92 7 73 7 Metropolitan Museum of Art object history credit line The Walter H and Leonore Annenberg Collection Gift of Walter H and Leonore Annenberg 1996 Bequest of Walter H Annenberg 2002 <small> Of the five versions of Van Gogh's portrait of Augustine Roulin wife of his friend the postmaster of Arles the present canvas is the one the sitter chose for herself Van Gogh remarked that she had a good eye and took the best He began the portraits just before his breakdown in Arles in December 1888 and completed them in early 1889 As he worked on the successive versions the composition which he titled La Berceuse meaning lullaby or woman who rocks the cradle indicated by the rope the sitter holds took on added meaning As he revealed in his letters the maternal image became the locus of literary and symbolic associations ranging from the writings of Dutch and French novelists to the consoling music of Berlioz and Wagner Van Gogh envisioned La Berceuse as the center of a triptych flanked by Sunflowers like candelabra <ref>http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/110002439 Metropolitan Museum of Art</ref> reflist </small> accession number 1996 435 http //www metmuseum org/Collections/search-the-collections/110002439 metmuseum org PD-old-100 La Berceuse by Vincent van Gogh Metropolitan Museum of Art | ||||
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