03 — ARTWORK
Sorrow
- MEDIUM
- Pencil and pen and ink on paper, 445 x 270 mm
- TYPE
- Mythological
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 771 × 1300 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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At the beginning of 1882, van Gogh got to know a drunken woman who had spent her life in a state of moral and physical misery. He brought her and her children to live in his house and used her as a model. She drank and smoked cigars while he had to go hungry. In the present sketch, called Sorrow, we see her crouching hopelessly on the ground, with withered breasts. This situation lasted eighteen months.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
@online{wga-r1d461eb07191f4,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Sorrow by GOGH, Vincent van},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gogh-vincent-van-rc6d09fc62e9d73/sorrow-r1d461eb07191f4},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
