Painting of a brick cottage with a dark thatched roof, shuttered windows and a tree trunk, under a pinkish evening sky.

Cottage with Trees

A dark thatched roof dominates this painting of a brick cottage with shuttered windows and a doorway, set beside a tall tree trunk. Loose, rough brushstrokes render the pinkish evening sky and the dark foliage at right, with a bare earthen foreground below.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1885
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Source: Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size: 3200 × 2101 px

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Public domain · Vincent van Gogh died 1890 and the work dates by 1885; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Vincent van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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