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''Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat'' () is an 1884 oil painting by Dutch painter
Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks ...
.


Background

''Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat'' was painted by
Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks ...
around 1884 while he was living with his parents in the town of
Nuenen Nuenen () is a town in the municipality of Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten in the Netherlands. From 1883 to 1885, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Nuenen. In 1944, a battle was fought there during Operation Market Garden. The local dialect is c ...
, about a year before he finished ''
The Potato Eaters ''The Potato Eaters'' () is an oil painting by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted in April 1885 in Nuenen, Netherlands. It is in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The original oil sketch is at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo. He also ...
''. The painting is 63 × 48 centimeters. According to the
Kröller-Müller Museum The Kröller-Müller Museum () is a national art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of ...
, the painting depicts Gordina de Groot, a local farmer from Nuenen. She also appears in ''The Potato Eaters'', and about 20 other of Van Gogh's paintings.


Ownership history

The painting was previously displayed in the
Kröller-Müller Museum The Kröller-Müller Museum () is a national art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of ...
before its March 2024 sale. In March 2024, the painting was auctioned for an undisclosed sum over 4.5 million euros at
The European Fine Art Fair The European Fine Art Fair known as TEFAF is an annual art, antiques, and design fair organized by '' The European Fine Art Foundation'' in the MECC in Maastricht, Netherlands. It was first held open in 1988. The fair For ten days each year, ...
in the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. The painting's seller, president of the M.S. Rau Gallery Bill Rau, said the painting was sold to a private museum "outside the
European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...
" and "it will be accessible to the public."


See also

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List of works by Vincent van Gogh This is an incomplete list of paintings and other works by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Little appreciated during his lifetime, his fame grew in the years after his death. According to the legend, Van Gogh sold only one pain ...


References

1884 paintings Portraits by Vincent van Gogh Collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum Oil on canvas paintings Works about farmers Portraits of women {{1880s-painting-stub