Peasant Woman Cooking by a Fireplace
Vincent van Gogh
1885
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
17 3/8 x 15 in. (44.1 x 38.1 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Hays, 1984
Accession Number
1984.393
Tags
FoodCookingFireplacesWomen
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh · 1853–1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) stands as one of the most influential figures in Western art history, despite a career spanning merely a decade. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, to a Protestant pastor's family, van Gogh's path to artistic greatness was anything but conventional. His early adulthood saw him working as an art dealer for Goupil & Cie, a language teacher, and a fervent missiona...