Head of an Old Peasant Woman with White Cap

Tête de paysanne à la coiffe blanche

Head of an Old Peasant Woman with White Cap

Vincent van Gogh · 1884

About this painting

One of many small peasant studies van Gogh made in Nuenen in late 1884, this modest, unlocated head-study prefigures the somber palette he perfected soon after in The Potato Eaters.