Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey

Portrait du docteur Rey

Portrait of Doctor Felix Rey

Vincent van Gogh · 1889

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

Moscow, Russia

About this painting

A portrait of the young doctor who treated Van Gogh after he severed his ear; Rey's family found it so unflattering they used the canvas to patch a hole in their chicken coop for a decade.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

64 × 53 cm (25.2 × 20.9 in)

Painted at

Arles, France

Current location

Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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