Date : 1889
Dimensions : 36 cm x 56 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : On loan from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent Van Gogh Foundation)
Post-Impressionnistes
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French Painting
Painting (Portrait)
Area related
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (France)
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Van Gogh entered St. Paul's Hospital, a mental sanatorium in St-Rémy-de-Provence, in May 1889. This one-eyed man was most likely a patient there as well. The painting's title comes from the artist's brother Theo's description of it when Vincent sent it to him.
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