Comments on: Van Gogh Photo

By: Van Gogh Photo

Van Gogh Photo — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:21:55 +0000

Why not show this photograph on the VGG site and give more people the opportunity to see it?

By: Van Gogh Photo

Van Gogh Photo — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:11:40 +0000

Really? How old does Vincent look in his self portraits?

Are you sure the photos of Vincent @ 13 & 19 years old are Vincent? How do you know? Huh! It sure looks like Vincent had a “widows peak”, the hairline on his forehead, and he did not have it at 19. And that photo that shows someone’s back, can’t prove that in a court of law.

Yes, it is Vincent

By: lynton

lynton — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:29:59 +0000

We would all love this to be a photo of vincent but unfortunately it isn’t.
compare the similarities between the following images;
- the photo of the young vincent
- the portrait of vincent by john russell
- the self portrait that Theo’s wife said was the one that best captured his likeness.
look at the nose, shape of face and eyes in all these. Now look at the photo in question.
This photo sure looks like how we are used to seeing vincent in films and dramas but it does not match up with these other 3 reliable images.
I’m afraid Benoit Landais may be trying to create some PR around his writing. Sorry.
Like I say we would all love to be able to look into the eyes of vincent in a clear photo and maybe one day such a photo may be uncovered
unfortunately this is someone else

By: issabel

issabel — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:20:56 +0000

hi i just love his vincents painting my favourite!!!!

By: lighthead

lighthead — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:08:02 +0000

Of course the photo is of Vincent!!! It is also published in “La folie Gachet” by Benoit Landais, the great French author and Van Gogh expert who also wrote VG, Fakes & Frauds.