I looked it up, he was 23 at the time of that one (give or take a year, as I just went by year of painting/birth.) Sounds like he'd only been officially studying art for five years or so. Also poor and largely homeless at the time, it seems, which I bring up because he probably wasn't practicing art full time.
It is a good painting. Is it great? Probably not.
I mean how old was he when he painted it?
Comparing it to masters that have been painting all day every day for 40+ years is unfair. And we often see only the finest works of said masters.
I looked it up, he was 23 at the time of that one (give or take a year, as I just went by year of painting/birth.) Sounds like he'd only been officially studying art for five years or so. Also poor and largely homeless at the time, it seems, which I bring up because he probably wasn't practicing art full time.