At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori Van Eyck's elaborate signature on

Van Eyck's elaborate signature on the back wall may indicate the portrait was a legal record of the marriage

while his public persona was combative

The character may be the ghost of the wife of Kohada Koheiji in the play Eiri otogi zoshi

It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation

At Eternity's Gate ☴ Van Gogh ☶ Art Print memento mori Van Eyck's elaborate signature onAt Eternity's Gate, or Sorrowing Old Man (1890) by Vincent van Gogh depicts an old man with his elbows on his knees, head in his hands, sitting in a chair by a fireplace. Based on an earlier lithograph from 1882, it was a subject he returned to many times over the years. This final version was painted in Saint Rmy de Provence while recovering from a severe relapse in his health. There is no modern consensus on his condition, suggestions include