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TIL about Vincent van Gogh's death. He shot himself in the chest, missing vital organs, dying 30 hours later in a hospital with his brother Theo at his side, his last words
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![Pieta by Vincent van Gogh, (1853-1890)c. 1890 Painting Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 34 cm Donated by the diocese of New York, 1973 Vincent van Gogh painted this small Pietà just a Pieta by Vincent van Gogh, (1853-1890)c. 1890 Painting Oil on canvas, 41.5 x 34 cm Donated by the diocese of New York, 1973 Vincent van Gogh painted this small Pietà just a](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2DE8T98/pieta-by-vincent-van-gogh-1853-1890c-1890-painting-oil-on-canvas-415-x-34-cm-donated-by-the-diocese-of-new-york-1973-vincent-van-gogh-painted-this-small-piet-just-a-few-months-before-his-tragic-death-in-july-1890-despite-his-profound-faith-the-artist-rarely-applied-himself-to-religious-themes-the-signature-in-the-right-hand-corner-clarifies-that-in-this-case-van-gogh-was-inspired-by-a-lithograph-based-on-eugne-delacroixs-piet-for-this-reason-the-work-is-a-mirror-image-of-the-original-van-gogh-painted-it-for-his-sister-willemien-to-whom-he-wrote-on-the-subject-of-his-interpret-2DE8T98.jpg)