Young Peasant Girl in Straw Hat — Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Painted in the last summer of Van Gogh's life, this Auvers portrait turns a rural sitter into something tender and grounded. The straw hat anchors the figure in the Auvers countryside; the brushwork carries the restless energy of his final weeks. It is one of the few late portraits of an ordinary person, painted when the landscapes of Auvers were consuming most of his attention. The postcard brings that quiet intensity to a hand-held format. From the Vincent van Gogh collection.