Horse with Carriage

Arnold Smith
January 2004
Oil on linen
27.5 x 35 cm.
11 x 14 in.

There was a young child at the Ravoux Inn that Vincent would entertain each evening after dinner by drawing a picture of the Sandman with his horse and carriage.(The Sandman would sprinkle sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy.) He used a chalkboard and never drew the same picture twice. This painting is taken from what could be the practice drawing Vincent did of that horse and carriage.

The original drawing
(courtesy of www.vggallery.com )

(Detail)