Peasant head with white headdress, F146aReproduction of oil painting on canvas
A woman from Nuenen poses head-on in her work clothes. Her white headdress spreads across the face and becomes the only large light area of a portrait dominated by black, deep green and brown.
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Peasant head with white headdress, F146aVincent van Gogh · December 1884 · Saint Louis Art Museum
December 1884Dating
43.8 × 34.6 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
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Look at the work
The white headdress opens a luminous crown in the black background
The face is centered, almost symmetrical, but the two wings of the headdress do not respond exactly. On the right, a white section forms a clear angle; on the left, the fabric folds into several gray-blue bands.
Van Gogh constructs the features with broad facets: green-brown on the cheeks, ocher on the forehead and nose, black around the eyes. The dark bodice forms a triangular base that fixes the head in the center.
Peasant's head with white headdress F146a/JH565 is an oil on canvas measuring 43.8 × 34.6 cm painted in Nuenen in December 1884. The Saint Louis Art Museum preserves it under the inventory 90:2000.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
The portrait is based on the opposition between the white-gray fabric and the almost black mass of the garment. The clean touches give the face a sculptural construction.
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The headdress outlines the silhouette
Its pleated edge follows an arc above the forehead then descends on each side. This clear shape clearly separates the head from the bottom.
02
The lines are modeled without smoothing
The cheekbones, nose and mouth are formed by juxtaposed planes. Each color change corresponds to a direction of the face.
03
The gaze holds the center
Dark eyes are close together and almost horizontal. Their fixity balances the irregular movements of folds and brushstrokes.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
The Saint Louis Art Museum notice and references F146a/JH565 establish the format, the date December 1884 and the inventory 90:2000.
Nuenen
A portrait painted directly from a model
The work belongs to the group of peasant heads executed during the winter of 1884 - 1885, when Van Gogh had residents pose in work clothes.
Research
Color replaces detailed drawing
The structure of the face arises from large brown, green and ocher areas. This direct bill prepares the vigor of the Potato Eaters characters.
Museum
Entered the collection in 2000
The painting is kept at the Saint Louis Art Museum under number 90:2000 and presented in gallery 217 according to the collection notice.
The copy must preserve the front face, the pleated arch of the headdress, the two different side panels, the dark look, the brown facets of the face and the black bodice.
The gray-white outline of the headdress
The large light section located on the right
Dark, almost horizontal eyes
Brown and green planes of the cheeks
The triangular bodice absorbed from the bottom
Work sheet
Title
Peasant head with white headdress, F146a
Artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890)
Date
December 1884
Place of creation
Nuenen
Original technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.8 × 34.6 cm
Inventory
F146a· JH565· 90:2000
Conservation
Saint Louis Art Museum
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In your interior
A portrait of brown, black and white gray
Bluish black, olive brown, ocher, cool gray and white make up a strong work for an office, a hallway or a portrait wall.
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