鸟巢
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), 纽恩南, 1885年9月-10月
布面油画,
39.3 cm x 46.5 cm
Credits: 凡高美术馆，阿姆斯特丹（文森特·凡高基金会）
For a while, Van Gogh was fascinated with birds' nests. In 1885, he made them the subject of five still lifes in a row. He wrote to his brother Theo that he thought these would appeal to nature lovers, 'because of the colours of the moss, dry leaves and grasses, clay &c.'.
Earlier that summer, Vincent had told Theo how he got the nests. He had gone out with a peasant boy to look for them. They found six, 'from which the young had already flown, so that one could take them without too many pangs of conscience.'