This painting is an oil on canvas depicting a still life of a Bible resting on a wooden table. The Bible is open to a page with a passage written in gold ink. The background is a deep blue, with a few stars twinkling in the night sky. The painting is a
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Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands) is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings made during Vincent van Gogh's early artistic career. Most still lifes made in the Netherlands are dated from 1884 to 1885, when he lived in Nuenen. His works were often in somber colors. Van Gogh experimented with the use of light falling across objects.