Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat is an 1890 painting by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...

. 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

The Bathers

"The Bathers" can refer to the following:* The Bathers at Asnieres a painting by George Seurat in 1883* A painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1887* The Bathers , another painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1918-1919...

to Steven A. Cohen

Steven A. Cohen

Steven "Steve" A. Cohen is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder of SAC Capital Advisors, a Stamford, Connecticut-based hedge fund focusing primarily on equity market strategies....

for more than $100 million.