What type of flowers did Van Gogh paint ?
Delacroix , when he did a Gethsemane , had been beforehand to see what an olive grove was like on the spot , and the same for the sea whipped up by a strong mistral , and because he must have said to himself , these people we know from history , doges of Venice , crusaders , apostles , holy women , were of the same type as , and lived in a similar way to , their present - day descendants .