À propos de l’œuvre
Femme soulevant des pommes de terre, par Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh · August 1885 · Nuenen, Netherlands
Woman lifting potatoes, F147Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
Curved above a field, a peasant woman pushes a long fork into the ground to raise the potatoes. Its dark body, the basket placed on the left and the low horizon give full scope to the work gesture.
Look at the work
The body and fork make up a single diagonal above the furrow
The handle starts with the hands close together and goes down towards the lower right corner. The peasant girl leans in the same direction, while her skirt and legs form a stable mass against the effort.
The filled basket on the left balances the large plowed space. Behind her, the strips of vegetation and the cloudy sky remain very simple: nothing distracts the eye from the gesture and the turned over earth.
Woman Raising Potatoes F147/JH891 is an oil on canvas mounted on panel measuring 41.8 × 32.5 cm, painted in Nuenen in August 1885. The Van Gogh Museum preserves it under inventory s0452S1995.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
After his studies as a farmer around the Potato Eaters, Van Gogh continued a cycle devoted to agricultural work in the open air. He transforms a familiar motif of rural painting into a compact image, constructed by movement.
Figure's folded around tool
Head, back, arms and sleeve form a continuous sequence. The posture appears heavy because each segment of the body accompanies the pressure exerted on the fork.
The earth is painted as an active material
Brown, ocher, green and light touches overlap in short strokes. The soil is not a uniform bottom: it bears furrows, tubers and traces of work.
Sky opens scene without softening it
The band of bluish-gray clouds brings air, but remains low and dense. It detaches the peasant's cap and shoulders without creating a picturesque effect.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
F147/JH891, s0452S1995 and the 41.8 × 32.5 cm format identify this harvest scene from the Van Gogh Museum.
Van Gogh is preparing a harvest "campaign"
At the end of June 1885, he announced to Theo his intention to paint the harvest and potato work as soon as the fields were ready.
The fork is used to lift the tubers
The farmer doesn't just dig the ground: she raises the plants with a long-toothed tool, then gathers the potatoes in the next basket.
The subject belongs to a Dutch rural tradition
Van Gogh knows the field worker scenes of Anton Mauve and David Adolph Constant Artz, but here he accentuates the physical tension of the pose.
Your reproduction
What the painter must preserve
The copy must preserve the curved body, the long oblique handle, the fork planted in the furrow, the basket on the left, the light potatoes and the gray-blue sky.
- The line continues from the back to the handle
- Hands close around tool
- The lower basket placed on the left
- The small light chips of the potatoes
- The green and brown bands of the field on the horizon
Work sheet
| Title | Woman lifting potatoes, F147 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890) |
| Date | August 1885 |
| Place of creation | Nuenen, Netherlands |
| Original technique | Oil on canvas mounted on panel |
| Dimensions | 41.8 × 32.5 cm |
| Inventory | F147· JH891· s0452S1995 |
| Conservation | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam |
| Your reproduction | Handmade oil painting on canvas |
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A work scene with browns, greens and bluish grays
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Frequently asked questions
Before ordering
Is this a canvas print?
No. Each reproduction is manually painted in oil on canvas. Brushstrokes and material variations belong to the final result.
How is the visual reference chosen?
The reproduction of the Van Gogh Museum was converted into a real WebP of 2,288 × 3,000 px from a file of 4,911 × 6,439 px, without artificial enlargement.
Can I check the result before shipping?
Yes. Photographs of the finished painting are sent to you; you can request alterations before validating the shipment.
Are custom formats possible?
Yes. The format can be adapted to your wall while maintaining the proportions and balance of the original composition.
