Portrait of Dr. Gachet ☶ Van Gogh ☰ Canvas Add a Float Frame:EspressoPortrait of Dr. Gachet (1890) by Vincent van Gogh depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, a homeopathic doctor with whom he resided following his time in the asylum at Saint Rmy de Provence. Gachet took care of him during the final months of his life. Van Gogh produced more than seventy paintings during his stay, including two portraits of Gachet. Gachet is depicted resting his head against his hand, elbow on a table with two books and the medicinal herb foxglove.
After a prolonged conflict
When he was asked what had prompted him to become an artist
The wild snakes lend an ear
The rich colors and stylized figures were intended to be both symbolic and mysterious
joined by thick straw rope to demarcate a Shinto sacred space
depicting sunflowers in all stages of life
Vermeer's iconography is taken mainly from Cesare Ripa's Iconologia (1613)
wearing a cloak decorated with a mosaic of flowers
standing amidst numerous Asian art objects
depicted on the right
The musketeer is comprised of expressive brushstrokes in vibrant oranges
Here she is surrounded by vibrant colors