Print of Vincent van Gogh - The courtesan - 1887
Vincent van Gogh - The Courtesan (after Eisen)
Year: 1887 - oil on canvas 60.5x105.5 cm
Preserved at: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Vincent van Gogh painted the Courtesan inspired by the image reproduced on the cover of the magazine "Paris illustré" in 1886. This image, in turn, was a copy of the original work created by the Japanese artist Kesai Eisen, according to the Ukiyo printing method. -And.
The environment surrounding the Courtesan reproduces a pond, where there are bamboo canes on the right and frogs with cranes on the left. In French gru is said "grue" and frog "grenouille", two terms used in the French dialect to indicate a prostitute.