Reward+24 XP L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) jigsaw puzzle
Vincent van Gogh, 1888–89 · Art
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L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911)
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About this puzzle
L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) is a free online jigsaw puzzle you can play straight in your browser, at any size from 12 to 500 pieces. Drag a piece near where it belongs and it snaps into place; joined pieces then move together as one. Your progress saves on this device, so you can close the tab and carry on later — and every finish earns points towards your next level and grows something in My Garden.
The picture is a work by Vincent van Gogh , 1888–89, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is in the public domain (Public Domain (CC0)), which is why we can offer it here at full resolution and free of charge.
About the painting
Marie Ginoux ran the Café de la Gare in Arles, where Van Gogh lodged in 1888. She sat for him and for Paul Gauguin that November, and Van Gogh painted her several times. Here she sits at a table with books, in the black dress of a woman of Arles, against a flat field of bright yellow — the strong outlines and blocks of colour typical of his time in the south of France.
How to solve it
Large flat areas of one colour make this harder than it looks. Start with her face, hands and the books, where the detail is, then the outline of the black dress. Sort the yellow background by the direction of the brushstrokes, which you can see on every piece.
Puzzle facts
| Size | Pieces cut | Grid | About how long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedling | 12 | 3 × 4 | 5–10 min |
| Sprout | 24 | 4 × 6 | 5–10 min |
| Bloom | 48 | 6 × 8 | 15–25 min |
| Bush | 99 | 9 × 11 | 45–75 min |
| Tree | 208 | 13 × 16 | 1½–2½ hours |
| Orchard | 285 | 15 × 19 | 2½–4 hours |
| Orchard | 500 | 20 × 25 | 5–7 hours |
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