December 1883 - November 1885
(188 paintings)

It was during his years in Nuenen that Van Gogh truly emerged as a great artist. Many of the paintings below depict peasants working in the fields--a subject Vincent was particularly fond of. The works themselves clearly show an increasing assuredness of technique. Van Gogh's time in Nuenen proved to be a formidable learning experience as Vincent sought to define his own unique style. Many of the portraits of peasants below can be viewed as studies through which Van Gogh was able to execute what many consider to be his first great painting: The Potato Eaters.

Note: The paintings are sorted by month and then alphabetically within each month. More accurate dating is generally too difficult. As a rule, however, the JH (Jan Hulsker) numbers do follow a more precise chronological sequence.

Painting Name	Date of Origin	Current Location	F	JH
Weaver Facing Right (Half-Figure)	January, 1884	Berne, Collection H.R. Hahnloser	26	450
Old Tower at Nuenen with a Ploughman, The	February, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	34	459
Weaver Facing Right	February, 1884	Private collection	162	457
Weaver Facing Left with Spinning Wheel	March, 1884	Boston, Museum of Fine Arts	29	471
Landscape with Pollard Willows	April, 1884	Private collection	31	477
Weaver Arranging Threads	April-May, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	35	478
Old Church Tower at Nuenen, The	May, 1884	Zurich, Foundation E.G. Bührle	88	490
Old Tower of Nuenen with People Walking, The	May, 1884	Private collection	184	458
Parsonage Garden at Nuenen, The	May, 1884	Groningen, Groninger Museum voor Stad en Lande (on loan)	185	484
Water Mill at Kollen Near Nuenen	May, 1884	Den Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum	48a	488
Weaver Arranging Threads	May, 1884	Private collection	32	480
Weaver, Seen from the Front	May, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	30	479
Weaver Standing in Front of a Loom	May, 1884	Paris, Private collection	33	489
Cart with Black Ox	July, 1884	Portland Art Museum	39	505
Cart with Red and White Ox	July, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	38	504
Old Tower in the Fields, The	July, 1884	Private collection	40	507
Weaver, Interior with Three Small Windows	July, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	37	501
Weaver Near an Open Window	July, 1884	Munich, Neue Pinakothek	24	500
Weaver, Seen from the Front	July, 1884	Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen	27	503
Village at Sunset	Summer, 1884	Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum	190	492
Farmers Planting Potatoes	August-September, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	41	513
Potato Planting	September, 1884	Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum	172	514
Shepherd with a Flock of Sheep	September, 1884	Mexico City, Soumaya Museum	42	517
Wood Gatherers in the Snow	September, 1884	Japan, Yoshino Gypsum Collection	43	516
Avenue of Poplars at Sunset	October, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	123	518
Avenue of Poplars in Autumn	Late October, 1884	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	122	522
Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen	January-February, 1884 and Autumn, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	25	521
Lane in Autumn	October, 1884	Fribourg, Private collection	120	519
Vase with Honesty	Autumn-Winter, 1884-85	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	76	542
Still Life with Bottles and a Cowrie Shell	November, 1884	Den Bosch: Noordbrabants Museum	64	537
Still Life with Clogs and Pots	November, 1884	Utrecht, Centraal Museum (on loan from the van Baaren Museum Foundation, Utrecht)	54	536
Still Life with Coffee Mill, Pipe Case and Jug	November, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	52	535
Still Life with Five Bottles	November, 1884	Vienna, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere	56	530
Still Life with Four Stone Bottles, Flask and White Cup	November, 1884	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	50	529
Still Life with Paintbrushes in a Pot	November, 1884	United States: private collection	60	540
Still Life with Pots, Jar and Bottles	November, 1884	The Hague, Kunstmuseum Den Haag	178r	528
Still Life with Pottery and Two Bottles	November, 1884	Pasadena (Cal.), Norton Simon Museum of Art	57	539
Still Life with Pottery, Beer Glass and Bottle	November, 1884	United States, private collection	58	531
Still Life with Bottles and Earthenware	November-April, 1884-85	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	61r	533
Beer Tankards	September-mid-October, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	49	534
Still Life with Two Sacks and a Bottle	November, 1884	Private collection	55	532
Two Rats	November, 1884	Private collection	177	543
Vase with Dead Leaves	November, 1884	Private collection	200	541
Water Mill at Gennep	November, 1884	Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza	125	525
Water Mill at Opwerten	November, 1884	London, Collection Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Smith	48	527
Water Mill at Gennep	November, 1884	Amersfoort, Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency (on long term loan to the Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch)	46	524
Head of a Peasant with Cap	December, 1884	Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales	160a	563
Head of a Peasant Woman	December, 1884	Private collection	132	574
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	December, 1884	Private collection	136a	548
Head of a Woman	November-January, 1884-85	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	156	569
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	December, 1884	Private collection	144	561
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	December, 1884	St. Louis: The Saint Louis Art Museum	146a	565
Head of an Old Peasant Woman with White Cap	December, 1884	Private collection	146	551
Head of an Old Peasant Woman with White Cap	December, 1884	Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum	75	550
Head of a Woman	November-May, 1884-85	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	159	None
Peasant Woman, Seated with White Cap	December, 1884	Morohashi Museum of Modern Art: Kita-Shiobara-Mura (Fukushima), Japan	143	546
Head of a Woman	March, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	80a	682
Head of a Man	November-January, 1884-85	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	164	558
Still Life with Earthenware and Bottles	September-mid-October, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	53	538
Head of a Brabant Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	January, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	153	587
Head of a Peasant with a Pipe	January, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	169	633
Head of a Peasant with Cap	January, 1885	Collection Niarchos	169a	583
Head of a Peasant Woman with Brownish Cap	January, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	154	608
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	January, 1885	Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Art Museum	135	585
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	January, 1885	Private collection	153a	586
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	January, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	151	649
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	January, 1885	Den Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum	133	584
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	January, 1885	Private collection	1667	629
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	January, 1885	London: National Gallery	137	593
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	January, 1885	Private collection	65	627
Old Cemetery Tower at Nuenen in the Snow, The	January, 1885	Collection Niarchos	87	600
Old Station at Eindhoven, The	January, 1885	Private collection	67a	602
Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in the Snow, The	January, 1885	Los Angeles, The Armand Hammer Museum of Art	67	604
Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in the Snow, The	January, 1885	Pasadena (Cal.), Norton Simon Museum of Art	194	603
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	February, 1885	Haifa, Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum (University of Haifa)	138	644
Peasant Making a Basket	February, 1885	La-Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland), Musée des Beaux-Arts	171	658
Peasant Making a Basket	February, 1885	Switzerland, private collection	171a	657
Peasant Woman Peeling Potatoes	February, 1885	Private collection	145	653
Peasant Woman Peeling Potatoes	February, 1885	New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art	365r	654
Peasant Woman, Seated (Half-Figure)	February, 1885	Private collection	127	651
Peasant Woman Sewing	February, 1885	Euerbach, Collection Georg Schäfer	126a	655
Study for 'The Potato Eaters'	Early April, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	77r	686
Head of a Peasant	February-March, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	168	632
Head of a Woman	March, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	70a	716
Head of a Peasant Woman with Greenish Lace Cap	February-March, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	74	648
Head of a Young Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	February-March, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	150	650
Woman Winding Yarn	March, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	36	698
Woman Sewing	March-April, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	71	719
Peasant Woman Sweeping the Floor	February-March, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	152	656
Peasant Woman Taking her Meal	February-March, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	72	718
Gordina de Groot, Head	March, 1885	Den Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum	1668	691
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	March, 1885	Paris, Musée d'Orsay	134	684
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap	March, 1885	Private collection	136	683
Head of a Woman	March, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	130	692
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	March, 1885	Berne, Kunstmuseum Bern	81	695
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	March, 1885	Pasadena (Cal.), Norton Simon Museum of Art	85a	694
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	March, 1885	Yoshiwa, Japan: Woodone Museum of Art	131	685
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	March, 1885	Zurich, Foundation E.G. Bührle	80	681
Head of a Young Peasant in a Peaked Cap	March, 1885	Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique	163	687
Head of a Young Peasant in a Peaked Cap	March, 1885	Kansas City (Mo.), The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine Art	165	688
Peasant Woman Darning Stockings	March, 1885	Private collection	157	712
Peasant Woman Seated before an Open Door, Peeling Potatoes	March, 1885	Private collection	73	717
Peasant Woman, Seated with White Cap	March, 1885	Amersfoort, Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency (on long term loan to the Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch)	144a	704
Peasant Woman, Seen against the Window	March, 1885	Oyamazaki-cho, Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art	70	715
Peasant Woman Standing Indoors	March, 1885	Belgrade, Narodni Muzej	128	697
Peasant Woman with Child on Her Lap	March, 1885	Private collection	149	690
Head of a Woman	March-May, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	69	724
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	March-April, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	85	693
Bobbin Winder	March-April, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	175	497
Peasant Sitting at a Table	March-April, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	167	689
Head of a Woman	March-May, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	269r	725
Head of a Woman	March, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	160	722
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap	April, 1885	Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland	140	745
Landscape at Dusk	April, 1885	Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza	191	762
Landscape at Sunset	April, 1885	Switzerland, private collection	79	763
Peasant and Peasant Woman Planting Potatoes	April, 1885	Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich	129a	727
Potato Eaters, The	April, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	82	764
Potato Eaters, The	April, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	78	734
Still Life with Bible	October, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	117	946
Still Life with Copper Coffeepot and Two White Bowls	April, 1885	Paris, private collection	202	738
Two Hands	April, 1885	Private collection	66	743
Cottage, The	Mid-May, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	83	777
Gordina de Groot, Head	May, 1885	Santa Barbara, California, Collection Mrs. M.C.R. Taylor	141	783
Head of a Peasant Woman	May, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	86	785
Head of a Peasant Woman in a Green Shawl	May, 1885	Lyon, Musee des Beaux-Arts	155	787
Head of a Woman	May, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	388r	782
Old Church Tower at Nuenen ('The Peasants' Churchyard')	Late May-early June, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	84	772
Head of a Man	March-May, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	179r	786
Woman with a Mourning Shawl	March-May, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	161	788
Cottage	June, 1885	Houston, private collection	91	809
Cottage with Peasant Woman Digging	June, 1885	Tokyo, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum	89	803
Cottage with Trees	June, 1885	Private collection	92	810
Cottage with Trees	June, 1885	Private collection	92a	806
Cottage with Trees	June, 1885	Cologne: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum	93	805
Cottage with Trees and Peasant Woman	June, 1885	Private collection	187	808
Peasant Woman by the Fireplace	June, 1885	New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art	176	799
Peasant Woman by the Fireplace	June, 1885	Paris, Musée d'Orsay	158	792
Peasant Woman Sitting on a Chair	June, 1885	United States, private collection	126	800
Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage	June, 1885	Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago	142	807
Cottage	June-July, 1885	Private collection	None	Add. 23
Cottage and Woman with Goat	June-July, 1885	Frankfurt am Main, Stadelsches Kunstinstitut und Stadrische Galerie	90	823
Cottage with Decrepit Barn and Stooping Woman	July, 1885	Private collection	1669	825
Cottage with Peasant Coming Home	July, 1885	Mexico City, Soumaya Museum	170	824
Peasant Woman Digging	July, 1885	Toronto, The Art Gallery of Ontario	95	827
Two Peasant Women Digging	July, 1885	Private collection	96	878
Peasant Digging	July-August, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	166	850
Peasant Woman Digging	July-August, 1885	Den Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum	94	893
Peasant Woman Digging	August, 1885	Birmingham, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham	95a	899
Woman Lifting Potatoes	Late July-August, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	147	891
Peasant Woman Digging Up Potatoes	August, 1885	Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten	98	901
Peasant Woman Laundering	August, 1885	Takayama, Japan: Hikaru Museum	148	908
Peasant Woman Raking	August, 1885	Japan, private collection	139	905
Sheaves of Wheat in a Field	August, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	193	914
Two Peasant Women Digging Potatoes	August, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	97 129	876
Still Life with a Basket of Apples	September, 1885	Private collection	115	935
Basket of Potatoes	September, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	100	931
Basket of Potatoes	September, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	116	934
Still Life with a Basket of Potatoes, Surrounded by Autumn Leaves and Vegetables	September, 1885	Liege (Belgium), private collection	102	937
Still Life with an Earthen Bowl and Pears	September, 1885	Utrecht, Centraal Museum (on loan from the van Baaren Museum Foundation, Utrecht)	105	926
Basket of Apples	September, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	101	927
Basket of Apples	September, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	99	930
Still Life with Brass Cauldron and Jug	September, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	51	925
Still Life with Ginger Jar and Apples	September, 1885	United States, private collection	104	923
Still Life with Ginger Jar and Onions	September, 1885	Hamilton, McMaster Museum of Art	104a	924
Baskets of Potatoes	September, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	107	933
Still Life with Two Jars and Two Pumpkins	September, 1885	Switzerland, private collection	59	921
Still Life with Vegetables and Fruit	September, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	103	928
Still Life with a Basket of Apples and Two Pumpkins	September-October, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	106	936
Still Life with Birds' Nests	Late September-early October, 1885 and 1886-87	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	111	939
Still Life with Three Birds' Nests	September-October, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	112	938
Still Life with Birds' Nests	Late September-early October, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	109r	942
Autumn Landscape	October, 1885	Cambridge (England), Fitzwilliam Museum	119	949
Country Lane with Two Figures	October, 1885	Private collection	191a	950
Vicarage at Nuenen, The	September-early October, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	182	948
Still Life with Three Birds' Nests	October, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	108	940
Still Life with Three Birds' Nests	October, 1885	The Hague, Kunstmuseum Den Haag (on loan from the Wibbina Foundation)	110	941
View of a Town with Drawbridge	October, 1885	Private collection	210	947
View of Amsterdam from Central Station	October, 1885	Amsterdam, P. and N. de Boer Foundation	113	944
De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam, The	Amsterdam: 8 October 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	211	973
Autumn Landscape at Dusk	October-November, 1885	Utrecht, Centraal Museum	121	956
Autumn Landscape with Four Trees	November, 1885	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	44	962
Landscape with Windblown Trees	November, 1885	Private collection	196	957
Lane with Poplars	November, 1885	Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen	45	959
Parsonage at Nuenen by Moonlight, The	November, 1885	Private collection	183	952
Parsonage Garden at Nuenen with Pond and Figures, The	November, 1885	Destroyed by fire in Rotterdam during the Second World War	124	955
Willow, The	November, 1885	Den Bosch, Netherlands, F. van Lanschot Bankiers NV	195	961
Flying Fox	Late October-late November, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	177a	1192

December 1885 - February 1886
(8 paintings)

Van Gogh only spent three months in Antwerp, but they were crucial in terms of his ever growing confidence in his own talents. Vincent attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Art during his time in Antwerp and his studies there helped to refine his techniques--particularly with the human figure.

Painting Name	Date of Origin	Current Location	F	JH
Backyards of Old Houses in Antwerp in the Snow	December, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	260	970
Head of a Woman with her Hair Loose	December, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	206	972
Head of an Old Woman with White Cap (The Midwife)	December, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	174	978
Portrait of an Old Man with Beard	December, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	205	971
Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon	December, 1885	New York, Collection Alfred Wyler	207	979
Portrait of Woman in Blue	December, 1885	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	207a	1204
Skull with Burning Cigarette	Winter, 1885-86	Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum	212	999
Still Life with Meadow Flowers and Roses	1886-87	Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum	278	1103

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