At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori Juliette Huet

Juliette Huet

parody or pay homage to it in literature

The character may be the ghost of the wife of Kohada Koheiji in the play Eiri otogi zoshi

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It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation

At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori Juliette HuetAt 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