IDENTITY
Comment on meurt — La mort du paysan
Literature
Work Summary
One of Zola's short studies of death in different social settings, specifically the death of a peasant. The text observes dying and its surroundings with naturalist attention to class, material circumstance and the ordinary physical realities of life.
Evidence Summary
The peasant description is explicitly perceived in painterly terms.
Direct literary–visual analogy involving Millet.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Émile Zola
Work
Comment on meurt — La mort du paysan
Years / Period
6 Jul 1882
Van Gogh Relation
Compared / Connected, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
6 Jul 1882 — Letter 244, note 5
Compared / Connected · Known fragment / discussed
Van Gogh says he knew a fragment describing an old peasant exactly like a Millet drawing; editors identify it as La mort du paysan.
Response: The peasant description is explicitly perceived in painterly terms.
Connection: Direct literary–visual analogy involving Millet.
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