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Oil on canvas
40 × 30.5 cm (15.75 × 12 in)
National Gallery
London
United Kingdom
Europe
Painted January 1885, Nuenen
F 137, JH 593
Vincent entered the winter of 1884-1885 with a definite plan to work hard on his art. Since the weather was too difficult and cold to paint outside he determined to do a series of as many as 50 studies of peasant's heads, and this is one of a long series of these works. The palette is still dark but Vincent really has developed his own style that is evident in these portraits. They can be difficult to distinguish one from the other so note the F and JH catalog numbers when required.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Bust of a Peasant Woman: Full Face, Light Background
PROVENANCE
Mrs. E. A. Redelé-van der Hoeven, Laren;
F. de Jonge;
Sale Amsterdam (Mak van Waay) 11 May 1926;
d'Audretsch Art Gallery, The Hague;
Valentin Art Gallery, Munich;
Mrs. H. Nordin, Stockholm (1941);
Private collection, displayed at National Gallery, London.
