In Parijs onderging Sluijters de invloed van Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) en Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Iets later kregen Vincent van Goghs werk en het fauvisme grote betekenis voor hem…
In 1906 Jan Sluijters won the Prix de Rome, the most important Dutch art award. The prize consisted of a bursary that allowed him to study abroad for four years. However, this painting, which Sluijters produced while in Paris, cost him this award…