The Zouave, ca. June 20, 1888, Reed pen and brown ink, wax crayon and watercolor, over graphite; wove paper, 12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in. (31. 5 x 23. 6 cm), Drawings, Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853?1890 Auvers-sur-Oise), During a spell of torrential rain that interrupted his harvest series (June 20?24), Van Gogh made his first real effort at portraiture in Arles. Two days into his campaign, he announced to Theo: 'I have a model at last?a Zouave?a boy with a small face, a bull neck, and the eye of the tiger