Young Peasant Girl in a Straw Hat sitting in front of a wheatfield Nederland Vincent van Gogh Gallery and Appreciation
Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat also known as Young Peasant Girl in a Straw Hat sitting in front of a wheatfield is an 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh went on to paint several versions of this painting. The painting has changed hands several times. In 1997, Stephen Wynn paid $47.5 million for the painting. On October 7, 2005, it was announced that Stephen Wynn had sold the painting along with Gauguin's Bathers to Steven A. Cohen for more than $100 million.