Vincent Van Gogh : Grave

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Grave
The only drawing you made of the Zundert church from memory has amazing perspective... The grave of your stillborn brother is there, 4 metres away from the church... That building was added later... From the grave, the gate can be seen fully... If the added building was taken out, we could think...
That unconsciously you put yourself where the grave was... To make that drawing... Which has the same proportions...
The distance from the wall to the gate is the same than in your drawing. The angle of vision perfectly matches the perspective of the grave.
If we stand at the level of the grave... And if we look ahead, We have the same view from the gate than on the drawing... What did you do there?
A drawing from beyond the grave?