What should a peasant painting smell like? Van Gogh has an opinion…
Vincent van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885, oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh Foundation). A conversation with Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Additional resources:
Another version of this painting at the Kröller-Müller Museum
Van Gogh as a peasant painter — from the Van Gogh Museum
French Paintings of the 19th Century from The National Gallery of Art