Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat |
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| Dutch: Kop van een oude boerin met een witte muts | |
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| Artist | Vincent van Gogh |
| Year | circa 1884 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas cardboard |
| Dimensions | 63 cm × 48 cm (25 in × 19 in) |
| Owner | Private |
Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat is a famous oil painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. He painted it around 1884. This artwork shows the face of an older woman wearing a white hat.
What is this painting about?
Vincent van Gogh painted Head of an Old Farmer's Wife in a White Hat in 1884. At this time, he was living with his parents. They lived in a town called Nuenen in the Netherlands. This painting was made about a year before his well-known work, The Potato Eaters.
The painting is about 63 centimeters (25 inches) tall. It is also 48 centimeters (19 inches) wide. The Kröller-Müller Museum says the woman in the painting is Gordina de Groot. She was a local farmer from Nuenen. Van Gogh painted Gordina de Groot many times. She appears in The Potato Eaters and about 20 other paintings by him.
Where has this painting been?
This painting used to be shown at the Kröller-Müller Museum. This is a famous art museum. But in March 2024, the painting was sold.
It was sold at an art auction. An auction is a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers the most money. The painting was sold for more than 4.5 million euros. This happened at The European Fine Art Fair in the Netherlands. The person who sold the painting said it went to a private museum. This museum is outside the European Union. He also said that people will still be able to see the painting there.
See also
- List of works by Vincent van Gogh
