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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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