Camille Roulin, Arles 1888 - Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh's series of portraits of the Roulin family included this painting of Joseph Roulin's youngest son, Camille, an eleven-year-old, whom he paints wearing a large floppy beret-style hat. The boy was probably pleased to sit as the rest of his family were being painted as well, and no doubt he would not have wanted to be left out. Even given Van Gogh's rate of painting, it is quite a feat to get the youngster to keep still long enough to get such a strong portrait.