Винсент Ван Гог - Портрет крестьянки в белом чепце 1885

Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap 1885 Head of a Woman 1885 Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap 1885 Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap 1885 Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap 1885 Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap 1885 Head of a Young Peasant in a Peaked Cap 1885
Винсент Ван Гог - Портрет крестьянки в белом чепце 1885

Портрет крестьянки в белом чепце 1885
47x34см холст/масло
Pasadena, California, The Norton Simon Museum of Art

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From The Norton Simon Museum of Art:
Fueled by his revolutionary politics, Van Gogh set out to paint a series of fifty “Heads of the People” in 1882, drawing inspiration for these grave, frontal portraits from the German Renaissance masters Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein. He resumed work on the project in 1884 and 1885, while living with his parents in the small town of Nuenen, where he used local peasants as models. Probably painted in April 1885, this head belongs to the planned series but also represents the artist’s mistress, Sien de Groot. Coarse, aggressive handling and a blunt, muddy palette underscore Van Gogh’s commitment to paint pictures “from the people, for the people.”