The artwork titled “Girl Carrying a Loaf of Bread” by Vincent van Gogh, created in 1882 in The Hague, Netherlands, is a pencil drawing on paper. This piece belongs to the Realism art movement and falls under the genre of sketch and study. It is currently held in a private collection.
The artwork portrays a young girl walking while carrying a large loaf of bread under her arm. The use of pencil on paper gives the drawing a nuanced gradient with fine details. The girl is donned in a simple, modest dress and cap, reflecting the everyday life of the time. Her head is slightly bowed, and her gaze appears downcast, contributing to the melancholic yet sincere ambiance of the scene. The mastery in the rendering of textures in her clothing and the bread, combined with the delicate shading, exemplifies van Gogh’s attention to detail and his ability to capture the essence of commonplace subjects through his realist approach.
