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The 13 Most Famous Jan Voerman Paintings, Each One of a Kind
Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 44 works by Jan Voerman in our catalogue
In short
[The Mourning Days] The mourning days (1884) is the Jan Voerman painting that draws the most eyes; the original belongs to the Исторический музей Амстердама, Amsterdam. After it, the eye goes to At the Antiquarian [A Widow at the Hawker (1884) and View of Hattem (1880). Among the 44 works of Jan Voerman in our catalog, these 13 are the most famous, each a unique original presented with its year, its museum and the reason it endures.
1857 – 1941, Kampen
Most works: Rijksmuseum
Top 10 paintings by Jan Voerman, through the gallery's eye
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Jan Voerman's famous paintings, numbers 11 to 13
The museums that keep Jan Voerman's originals
The 7 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Jan Voerman | Paintings from this list |
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 Rijksmuseum |
Amsterdam | 3 | View of Hattem, Grazing cows in a meadow, Roses in a glass bowl |
 Исторический музей Амстердама |
Amsterdam | 2 | [The Mourning Days] The mourning days, At the Antiquarian [A Widow at the Hawker |
 Groninger Museum |
Groningen | 2 | Still Life with Roses,, View of the IJssel, |
 Centraal Museum |
Utrecht | 2 | The Enchanted Forest, View of the IJssel |
 Voerman Stadsmuseum Hattem |
Hattem | 2 | Summer meadow landscape on the Ijssel with a view of Hattem, Landscape with Dark Sky |
 Museum Gouda |
Gouda | 1 | Meadow with Cows |
 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
Boston | 1 | Nasturtiums |
Jan Voerman across the decades: one unique original for each
Works per decade
Pick a decade to see the original that defines it.
Jan Voerman's paintings: questions for the gallery
What is the single most famous work of Jan Voerman?Reveal the answer
[The Mourning Days] The mourning days (1884), Исторический музей Амстердама, Amsterdam. At the Antiquarian [A Widow at the Hawker (1884) and View of Hattem (1880) come next.
At what age did Jan Voerman create [The Mourning Days] The mourning days?Reveal the answer
27 years old: [The Mourning Days] The mourning days dates from 1884, and Jan Voerman was born in 1857.
Which ten paintings by Jan Voerman are the most famous?Reveal the answer
[The Mourning Days] The mourning days, At the Antiquarian [A Widow at the Hawker, View of Hattem, Meadow with Cows, Nasturtiums, Still Life with Roses,, Grazing cows in a meadow, The Enchanted Forest, Summer meadow landscape on the Ijssel with a view of Hattem and Landscape with Dark Sky. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
How many works by Jan Voerman are known?Reveal the answer
Our catalog holds 44 works by Jan Voerman, dated from 1880 to 1930.
Where can the most famous Jan Voerman originals be seen?Reveal the answer
Mostly in Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam), Исторический музей Амстердама (Amsterdam) and Groninger Museum (Groningen). The museum table above lists them all.
During which period did Jan Voerman create the best-known paintings?Reveal the answer
In 1900s: 5 of the 13 works on this page were made then, Still Life with Roses, among them.
Which famous Jan Voerman painting is the earliest, and which the latest?Reveal the answer
On this page, the earliest is View of Hattem (1880) and the latest View of the IJssel (1930).
What Jan Voerman originals can I see at the Rijksmuseum?Reveal the answer
View of Hattem, Grazing cows in a meadow and Roses in a glass bowl: the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam holds 3 of the works on this page.