Vincent van Gogh and the Marijnissen collection
Red sun between the birches
In his letter of september 17,1883 Vincent wrote to his brother Theo:”I am making another studyof a red sun between the little birches in a marshy meadow, from which the white evening haze is rising, and beyond which one can just see at the horizon a bluish-grey line of trees wih a few roofs.”
All the above mentioned elements can be seen in the painting.
Red sun between the little birches
Hoogeveen, Drente september 1883
Signed lower right “Vincent”
Under the painting is found by X-ray another painting. One can see a man with a beard and a woman or child. The man is probable the orphan-man who is drawed more then thirty times by Vincent van Gogh
X-ray of ‘Red sun between the little birches’ part of the X-ray positive image orphan-man
