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Analysis: Head of a Young Peasant

Analysis: Head of a Young Peasant

Seeing the layers behind the art.

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Aaron Aalto
May 01, 2023
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I’d like to share some insight into how the following drawing was planned. The rectangle containing this drawing may look ordinary but it is not.

Head of a Young Peasant, Vincent van Gogh. ca.1885

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