Portrait of a Peasant

Patience Escalier

Portrait of a Peasant

Vincent van Gogh · 1888

Norton Simon Museum

Pasadena, United States

About this painting

Van Gogh painted the retired Provençal shepherd Patience Escalier in August 1888, telling Theo he wanted a peasant portrait 'in the furnace of harvest time,' comparing his approach to Millet's rugged 'man with a hoe.'