At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori and nearby olive trees

and nearby olive trees

parody or pay homage to it in literature

painting a vase full of sunflowers sitting on a small round table

Van Eyck's elaborate signature on the back wall may indicate the portrait was a legal record of the marriage

during WWII it was rolled up and hidden

At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori and nearby olive treesAt 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