Vincent van Gogh always loved to paint portraits of the people he met in the course of his artistic career. During his stay in Arles, he made the acquaintance of a local woman whom he immortalized in a series of portraits. It was Madame Ginoux! But who was she really?

VINCENT VAN GOGH
L’Arlésienne (Madame Ginoux), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, février 1890
Huile sur toile
60 × 50 cm
Galleria nazionale d’Arte moderna e contemporanea, Rome