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Loose painting of a bent peasant in a blue shirt and dark cap digging with a spade against warm ochre earth tones.

Peasant digging

A loosely painted figure in a pale blue-green shirt, dark cap and light trousers bends forward, driving a spade into the ground. Thick, rapid brushstrokes in ochre, brown and cream fill the background and soil, with dark tree-like verticals at the left edge.

Artist
Vincent van Gogh
Date
1882
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3810 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Vincent van Gogh died 1890 and the work dates by 1882; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Vincent van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Campesino cavando

Una figura pintada con trazos sueltos, con camisa azul verdosa pálida, gorra oscura y pantalón claro, se inclina hacia adelante y clava una pala en el suelo. Pinceladas gruesas y rápidas en ocre, marrón y crema llenan el fondo y la tierra, con formas verticales oscuras parecidas a troncos en el borde izquierdo.

Português: Camponês cavando

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