Perhaps one of the most intriguing insights involves
a self-portrait by Vincent which the researchers
now believe is actually a portrait of his brother Theo.
Their theory is based primairly on ‘circumstantial evidence’.
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Theo Van Gogh almost always used blak clothes because of his job as a gallerist. Theo never used cheap hats like the one in the picture. There are no photos of Theo wearing any hats at all. Theo had a narrower forhead than Vincents forehead. A painting of a man with a wide forehead,blue clothes and a cheap hat who did not pose for Vincent in Paris, is not Theo.
I’m having doubts. What seems to me says Theo Van Gogh because he has a straw hat.
I think Theo. Also because he is wearing Vincents hat. Theo’s head was smaller.
I think that’s Theo, regaress that the clothing that is using is very much like the clothe and hats that Vincent use to weared, at times more smaller fedora style or not and the bigger one to cover from the sun that it look in him very be-coming, (at least that’s the way I see him in those portraits).
But to make myself clear definitely is Theo (RIP), both Theo as well as Vincent and the rest of the family.
I definately think its theo
This is Theo.
I think it is Theo
it is vincent
The whole museum is very bad, because the entrance fee is too high. And I don’t like galeries that don’t allow to take photos because they want to make more money with their shops. It’s sad that the rich state of Netherlands is not able to make a low entrance fee. Thanks.
theo
theo. the reason i think like that is their beard structure. theo has a thinner line through the chin whereas vincent has a more widespread one through his whole face. it is rather a genetica property of person rather than just a matter of style.
j.this is clearly THEO judging by the ear and the nose.
I think the eyes are most tell tale of who is who. It is definitely 2 different persons portrait.