Grainy black-and-white image of a lone sower with one arm outstretched, walking across a dark field under a pale, stormy sky.

The Sower (study)

A small figure with one arm flung outward strides across a dark field beneath a pale, billowing sky, in this grainy black-and-white reproduction. Dense dark clouds gather along the top edge while the horizon lies low, and the figure's body is rendered in loose, rough strokes of gray and black.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1883
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Source: Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size: 1206 × 858 px

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Public domain · Vincent van Gogh died 1890 and the work dates by 1883; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Vincent van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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