Three women in dark coats carry heavy sacks across a snowy field, drawn in brown ink and wash with bare trees behind them.

Women carrying sacks of coal in the snow

Three women in dark, long coats and wooden clogs trudge across a snowy field, each carrying a heavy sack on her back or head. Drawn in brown ink and wash with touches of watercolor, the pale ground and bare trees fade into a soft, wintry haze.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1882
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Size: 3840 × 2418 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.
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