Why it matters
A cypress rises past the top of the canvas between a crescent moon and a bright star over a country road. Painted in May 1890, it was the last painting Van Gogh made in Saint-Rémy.
Did you know?
- Van Gogh found cypresses 'beautiful of line', proportioned like an Egyptian obelisk.
- The sky may reflect a conjunction of Mercury and Venus on 20 April 1890.
- He wrote to Gauguin that its themes were similar to those of Gauguin's Christ in the Garden of Olives.
Based on the Wikipedia article Road with Cypress and Star (CC BY-SA 4.0).
