Still Life with Bible

Nature morte avec la Bible

Still Life with Bible

Vincent van Gogh · 1885

Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

About this painting

Painted months after his father's death, van Gogh set his father's large open Bible, turned to Isaiah 53, beside an extinguished candle and a well-worn copy of Zola's 'La Joie de Vivre'.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

65.7 × 78.5 cm (25.9 × 30.9 in)

Painted at

Nuenen, Netherlands

Current location

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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