Painting of a dark tower with a pointed spire in a snowy landscape, with crosses in a cemetery at left and a small shed at right under a grey sky.

The Old Cemetery Tower at Nuenen in the Snow

A dark brick tower with a pointed spire, snow-dusted on its roof, stands in a winter landscape beneath a pale grey sky. Small wooden crosses and gravestones line the snowy cemetery at left, while a low shed sits at right in loose, painterly brushwork.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1885
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Size: 2520 × 1806 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.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Vincent van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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