A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)c. 1885
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
Driven by the loneliness and poverty he had experienced living in the Hague, Vincent van Gogh returned to his parents’ home in Nuenen, the Netherlands, in late 1883 and devoted himself entirely to painting. In Nuenen, the artist also returned to the more monochromatic palette of browns, greens, and grays that he had used in his early years in the Netherlands. He painted a series of cottages— including this painting—based on his walks through the village. He described this series to his brother: “I feel for the brood and the nests—particularly those human nests, those cottages on the heath and their inhabitants.” Van Gogh carefully infused the woman, the cottage, and the setting with the same earthy tones and the loose, directional texture of the brushstrokes. In doing so, he emphasized the way she belonged to this place, and it to her.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 31.3 × 42 cm (12 5/16 × 16 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 3 owners · 4 exhibitions
Provenance
- The artist; his mother, Mrs. A. C. Van Gogh Carbentus, Neunen and Breda, around 1885; given to the carpenter, Schrauwen, Breda, 1886; transferred to Jan and Rien Couvreur, Breda, 1903; sold to C. Mouwen, Jr., Breda; sold, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, May 3, 1904, lot 13, for 205 fl. to Van Gelder.
- Mejevrouw K. Cosman, The Hague, by June 1935; sold to E. J. Van Wisselingh and Co., Amsterdam, by June 1935; sold to Harry S. Southam, Ottawa, June 24, 1935 until about 1944.
- E. and A. Silberman, New York; sold to Dr. John J. Ireland (died 1968), Chicago, about 1964; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1968.
Exhibitions
- Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, Jules Breton and the French Rural Tradition, Nov. 6, 1982–Jan. 2, 1983.
- Tokyo, Seibu Museum, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 18–Dec. 1, 1985; Kyoto, Fukuoka Art Museum, Jan. 5–Feb. 2, 1986; Kyoto, Municipal Museum of Art, Mar. 4–Apr. 13, 1986.
- Vienna, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Van Gogh und die Haager Schule (The Early Van Gogh and the Hague School), Feb. 28–May 27, 1996.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh's Bedrooms, Feb. 14 - May 10, 2016, no cat. no., plate 2.
