Head of an Old Peasant Woman with White Cap 1884

Vincent van Gogh's 1884 oil painting, "Head of an Old Peasant Woman with White Cap," portrays the weathered face of a woman, possibly a farmer, with a white cap, using characteristic thick brushstrokes and a somber palette. The woman's heavy features and gaze, rendered with vibrant colors, evoke the hardships of rural life and the artist's empathy for the working class, a recurring theme in his oeuvre. This piece, now housed in the Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal, Germany, demonstrates van Gogh's mastery of expressionism in capturing human emotion through color and form.