What collection of paintings by Van Gogh included his painting Irises, which was one of several painting of irises?
Irises (painting) Irises is one of several paintings of irises by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, and one of a series of paintings he executed at the Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890.
Arnoldus Andries des Tombe Arnoldus Andries des Tombe (6 February 1816, Vught - 16 December 1902, 's-Gravenhage) was a Dutch army officer, genealogist and art collector, notable for his purchase of the Vermeer painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" - on the advice of Victor de Stuers, who for years tried to prevent Vermeer's rare works from being sold to parties abroad, des Tombe purchased the work at an auction in The Hague in 1881, for only two guilders and thirty cents. He had no heirs and donated this and other paintings to the Mauritshuis in 1902.