Vincent van Gogh – Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Dr. Gachet was a physician who treated him in his last illness. He had painted the doctor and said, with the “heartbroken expression of out times.” Van Gogh viewed Doctor Gachet as a melancholy, thoughtful man.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet was painted six weeks before Van Gogh committed suicide in 1890. Dr. Paul Ferdinand Gachet was Homeopathic doctor and tended Van Gogh before his death.
The painting was sold at record $82.5 million to a Japanese buyer in May 15, 1990.
Vincent van Gogh – Portrait of Dr. Gachet
