At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori tree trunks

tree trunks

The chart on the wall of "all the sea coasts of Europe" has been identified as one published in that period by cartographer and atlas maker Willem Janszoon Blaeu

during WWII it was rolled up and hidden

while his public persona was combative

At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori tree trunksAt Eternity's Gate, or Sorrowing Old Man (1890) by Vincent van Gogh depicts an old man with his elbows on his knees, head in his hands, sitting in a chair by a fireplace. Based on an earlier lithograph from 1882, it was a subject he returned to many times over the years. This final version was painted in Saint Rmy de Provence while recovering from a severe relapse in his health. There is no modern consensus on his condition, suggestions include