Gypsy Woman With Baby - Posters Frame:Rolled van Gogh became friends with

van Gogh became friends with his neighbor in Arles

and drawings

A man who looks like an alcoholic sits beside her

In this work

receiving commissions from the Prussian court and Friedrich Wilhelm II directly

Gypsy Woman With Baby - Posters Frame:Rolled van Gogh became friends withThis painting, Gypsy Woman with Baby looks simple, but that's a deception: there are deep undercurrents of art historical awareness here, especially of an Italian heritage. See her oval face (which shows mask like indifference or incisive characterization, depending on your taste), which recalls the long visages of a Botticelli. The elongated forms of her body (the neck most remarkably here) echoes Mannerists of the 16th century. And the sinuous lines