Where is this painting now?

This work was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. Its whereabouts remain unknown.

What does the painting show?

The painting depicts the vicarage at Etten where Van Gogh's father served as minister, a site of personal significance to the artist.

The painting was taken in the famous 1990 Gardner Museum heist, the largest art theft in history, and has never been recovered.

Where Is Vicarage at Etten? See It at Private Collection

Vincent van Gogh depicted his family's vicarage at Etten in the Netherlands, where his father served as a Protestant minister. The modest parsonage sits amid trees and garden, representing Van Gogh's complicated relationship with his religious upbringing. This autobiographical subject connected him to his origins.

Van Gogh painted during a period when he still considered following his father into ministry. The sober Dutch palette reflects his pre-Paris style before he discovered Impressionist color. This painting was at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum until its theft in 1990.