Jan Toorop: O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory? (1892)

Many thanks to Roos Zwart LandArtist for pointing me to this artwork. 🙂

Jan Toorop, ‘O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?’, 1892, Rijk Museum

Who Is Jan Toorop?

Johannes Theodorus ‘Jan’ Toorop was a Dutch-Indonesian painter, who worked in various styles, including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, and Pointillism. His early work was influenced by the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.

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Jan Toorop, ‘O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?’, 1892, Rijk Museum (detail)

A Poem: Forgiveness

    My heart was heavy, for its trust had been
    Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong;
    So, turning gloomily from my fellow-men,
    One summer Sabbath day I strolled among
    The green mounds of the village burial-place;
    Where, pondering how all human love and hate
    Find one sad level; and how, soon or late,
    Wronged and wrongdoer, each with meekened face,
    And cold hands folded over a still heart,
    Pass the green threshold of our common grave,
    Whither all footsteps tend, whence none depart,
    Awed for myself, and pitying my race,
    Our common sorrow, like a mighty wave,
    Swept all my pride away, and trembling I forgave!

John Greenleaf Whittier
Jan Toorop, ‘O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?’, 1892, Rijk Museum (detail)

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5 Comments Add yours

  1. Terrifying images of what awaits beyond the grave.

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    1. I don’t look at the right side – only the rescue on the left..lol. I am a weenie. 🙂

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  2. That is an extremely well done and highly symbolic illustration by Jan Toorop.

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    1. Roos Zwart told me that it is really spectacular in person. This one is on my bucket list. Thanks for visiting. 🙂

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