Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) A woman with a spade, seen from behind 1885 Oil on canvas on wood panel, 41.7 x 32.3 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
A woman with a spade, seen from behind (1885)
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Paysanne portant deux bottes de foin (1883)
Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Paysanne portant deux bottes de foin (Peasant Woman Carrying Two Bundles of Hay) 1883 Oil on canvas, 73.66 × 60.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Paisaje (Granja europea)
Pueyrredón, Prilidiano (1823-1870) Paisaje, Granja europea (Lanscape, European Farm) s.d. Watercolour on paper, 17.5 x 25 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires Watercolour from the European period, from Rezábal Bustillo, with a picturesque motif. The scene of the…
Three Peasants in Conversation (c.1498)
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Three Peasants in Conversation c.1498 Engraving printed in black ink on white antique laid paper, 10.6 × 7.6 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Moi et le village (1911)
Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) Moi et le village (I and the Village) 1911 Oil on canvas, 192.1 x 151.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York Chagall grew up in a Hasidic Jewish community in what is today Belarus. I and the…
The Potato Eaters (1885)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 73.9 x 95.2 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (F 78, JH 734) Test of mastery The potato eaters is the most ambitious painting of Van Gogh’s…
The Potato Eaters (1885)
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) The Potato Eaters (De Aardappeleters) 1885 Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam F0082-JH0764 Nuenen, April-May 1885 Van Gogh saw the Potato Eaters as a showpiece, for which he deliberately chose a difficult…
The Peasant and the Nest Robber (1568)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Peasant and the Nest Robber 1568 Oil on oak, 59.3 × 68.4 × 0.7 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at lower left (in gold colour): BRVEGEL M.D.LXVIII The depiction is traditionally linked with the proverb…
The Land of Milk and Honey (1567)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Land of Milk and Honey 1567 Oil on oak, 51.5 x 78.3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich The theme broached here is human wrongdoing that includes idleness and gluttony. It pervades all social classes, as shown…
The Wedding Dance (1566)
Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Wedding Dance 1566 Oil on panel, 119.4 x 157.5 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit The Wedding Dance is a splendid example of Bruegel‘s fascination with the peasant life of his native land. Public and…