The Good Samaritan (After Delacroix) – Vincent van Gogh Pier Giorgio Their idealized art is one

Their idealized art is one of our absolute favorites

We've included a sample from a 1903 illustration in pretty much the same style

and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it

ornate print was done as a holy card by Louis Turgis

celebrated and glorified forever

The Good Samaritan (After Delacroix) – Vincent van Gogh Pier Giorgio Their idealized art is oneWe confess that until recently we did not know that van Gogh had ever done religious subjects. Then we found this Good Samaritan painting of his! Although we tend to avoid museum pieces in our shop, this one was too beautiful to ignore. "The Good Samaritan (After Delacroix)" portrays the man from Samaria pushing the robbed man onto his horse. In composition, its structure is a copy, in reverse, of an 1849 Delacroix painting. Today we call that an