the librarian canvas comosjön van Gogh was inspired by

van Gogh was inspired by the French 19th century artist Honoré-Victorin Daumier and his wood engraving that was a parody of the four ages of man (child

The picture was taken from Karlavägen in Östermalm and shows Jungfrugatan in 1908 with Hedvig Eleonora church in the background

000 years ago

Gustaf Adolf square and the beautiful canals in Gothenburg in 1910

The painting is considered one of John Bauer's last works as he perished with his family in November of the same year when the steamship Per Brahe sank in an autumn storm on Lake Vättern

the librarian canvas comosjön van Gogh was inspired byCanvas with the famous painting The Librarian from 1562. The artist behind the work was named Giuseppe Arcimboldo. The work is a portrait of Wolfgang Lazius but shows a man composed of books in front of a grey blue drapery. Wolfgang Lazius was a scientist in the service of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I. Lazius was the official historian of the empire and managed, among other things, the imperial library and the art collection. Giuseppe Arcimboldo