Public domain
Old Garden of Sorrows
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
According to Toorop, the 'Old Garden of Sorrows' is the place where the Soul, here personified as a woman, resides temporarily prior to death. She walks through the walled garden, terrified. Death is symbolized by the skulls strewn on the ground around her and near the dilapidated garden gate. At the right, mourning phantom-like figures support the fountain of tears.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineOude Tuin der Weeën. 1889 - 1890. Jan Toorop. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
