Vincent van Gogh · October 1885 · Nuenen, Netherlands
Still Life in the Bible, F117Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
A heavy open Bible dominates the table, accompanied by a candlestick with an extinguished candle and a short novel by Émile Zola. Van Gogh thus contrasts his pastor father's book with The Joy of Living, a modern reading that he himself had manipulated a lot.
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Still Life in the Bible, F117Vincent van Gogh · October 1885 · Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
October 1885Dating
65.7 × 78.5 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
Van Gogh Museum, AmsterdamConservation
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Look at the work
Two books, two visions of the world
The monumental Bible opens in a fan and occupies almost the entire width. Its thick back, heavy pages and clasps give the book a physical presence, while the yellow novel appears small and close to the edge.
The vertical candlestick balances the oblique of the novel. The pages are painted gray, beige and muted green rather than white; a few orange and blue accents make the surface vibrate within a largely brown and black space.
Still Life in the Bible F117/JH946 is an oil on canvas measuring 65.7 × 78.5 cm, painted in Nuenen in October 1885. It is kept at the Van Gogh Museum under number s0008V1962.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
The Van Gogh Museum directly connects the objects to the intellectual tensions between Vincent and his father Theodorus, a pastor who died a few months earlier. The family Bible and Zola's novel compare religious tradition and modernity.
01
The Bible has material weight
The thickness of the volume, the hollow of the binding and the falling pages are shaped by large touches. The book almost becomes a monument placed on the table.
02
The novel introduces modernity
Émile Zola's Joy of Living appears in yellow in the foreground. Its small size and oblique orientation contrast with the stability of the Bible.
03
The candle is already out
The candlestick stands behind the books, but its flame is missing. This absence reinforces the gravity of the composition without imposing a single symbolic reading.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
The Van Gogh Museum preserves this work under the number s0008V1962. It is listed F117/JH946, measures 65.7 × 78.5 cm and was painted in Nuenen in October 1885.
Identity
F117 and JH946
These references designate still life bringing together the family Bible, a candlestick and The Joy of Living by Émile Zola.
Family
The Bible by Theodorus van Gogh
The great book belonged to Vincent's father, a Protestant pastor who died in March 1885. Van Gogh painted it a few months after this death.
Collection
s0008V1962
This inventory number identifies the work in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
The copy must preserve the mass of the open Bible, the depth of the pages, the extinguished candlestick, Zola's yellow novel and the colorful accents among the browns.
The imposing volume of the Bible
Cream gray and green pages
The candlestick with the extinguished candle
The yellow cover of The Joy of Living
The brown table with visible touches
Work sheet
Title
Still Life in the Bible, F117
Artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890)
Date
October 1885
Place of creation
Nuenen, Netherlands
Original technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
65.7 × 78.5 cm
Inventory
F117· JH946· s0008V1962
Conservation
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
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In your interior
A learned still life in brown, cream and yellow
The composition brings a strong presence to a library, an office or a reading room. A dark setting and warm light bring out the open book and the little yellow note of the novel.
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