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Agostina Segatori sitting in the Cafe du Tambourin

Location in the artwork: Boulevard de Clichy, Paris, France

The Naples-born Agostina Segatori owned the café Le Tambourin on the Boulevard de Clichy in Paris. Van Gogh had a brief relationship with her. On the wall to the right is a Japanese print of two geisha girls. Probably van Gogh, who was fascinated by Japanese woodcuts, painted the café proprietor at the time of a sales exhibition of Japanese prints that he himself had organized.

Agostini Segatori sits at a table whose top is shaped like a tambourine, as are the stool seats. The same stool design can be seen in Basket of pansies.

Oil on canvas
55.5 x 46.5 cm
Paris, 1887
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam

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Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Cafe du Tambourin by Vincent van Gogh
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