The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam says this self-portrait is 'unmistakably' the artist's work -- almost 50 years after its authenticity was first called into question.
A disputed painting of Vincent van Gogh has been declared a genuine self-portrait by the Dutch master, almost 50 years after its authenticity was first called into question.
But from the 1970s, experts began casting doubt over its attribution. The painting's dampened colors and the subject's expression were considered atypical of the vivid self-portraits produced by Van Gogh during this period.Nasjonalmuseet/Anne Hansteen Rather than indicating fraud, differences in color palette and mood reflect the artist's fraught state of mind during a difficult period of his life, the researchers said. Created months after he infamously cut off his left ear, the painting"firmly depicts someone who is mentally ill."Sara Magniette/AFP/Getty Images
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