Why it matters
Prisoners walk in a circle in a claustrophobic prison yard. Van Gogh painted it at the asylum in Saint-Rémy after an engraving by Gustave Doré of Newgate Prison in London.
Did you know?
- It was painted in February 1890.
- Unable to paint outdoors, he copied engravings and photographs.
- Doré's engraving appeared in the 1872 book London: A Pilgrimage.
Based on the Wikipedia article Prisoners' Round (after Gustave Doré) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
