Freshly written by Van Gogh for his execution, 1778, Anonymous, 1778 print Leaf with a verse written by Johannes Bartholomeus Ferdinandus van Gogh in captivity the day before his beheading in Amsterdam on April 4, 1778. Van Gogh was sentenced to death for the murder of his beloved, the Prostitué Anna Smitshuizen. At the bottom a small plate of the cut and blindfolded head of the convicted person. print maker: Northern NetherlandsAmsterdampublisher: Amsterdam paper letterpress printing / engraving head of a beheaded person Amsterdam

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