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GOGH, Vincent van: Portrait of a Patient in Saint-Paul Hospital

🖼 Portrait of a Patient in Saint-Paul Hospital, October 1889, Saint-Rémy
Oil on canvas
33 × 24 cm
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Haunting gaze and vivid brushstrokes define this portrait of an asylum patient, rendered in Van Gogh's characteristic swirling technique. The work documents his time at Saint-Paul Hospital, transforming psychiatric vulnerability into dignified psychological intensity.

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E. H. Gombrich
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