Where to See Austin Friars Church, London in Unknown

Vincent van Gogh sketched Austin Friars Church in London during his time working for an art dealer in England. This early work shows the Dutch church in the city before his development as a painter.

Van Gogh lived in London in the 1870s, years before becoming an artist. This drawing was part of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum collection until its theft in 1990; its location remains unknown.

Van Gogh made this during his London years in the 1870s, before he began painting seriously. He worked as an art dealer then.

It was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 during a famous art heist. Its whereabouts remain unknown.

Van Gogh lived in London from 1873 to 1876, working for an art dealer. Austin Friars was a Dutch Reformed Church he attended. His time in England preceded his decision to become an artist.

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