{"id":590,"date":"2011-07-08T10:34:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-08T16:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/small-vase.flywheelsites.com\/?p=590"},"modified":"2017-03-18T17:23:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T23:23:31","slug":"van-gogh-portrait-vincent-or-theo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vangoghgallery.com\/index.php\/en\/2011\/07\/08\/van-gogh-portrait-vincent-or-theo\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gogh Portrait \u2013 Vincent or Theo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of coverage in the news about a <a title=\"Van Gogh\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Van Gogh<\/a> self-portrait (<em>Self Portrait with Straw Hat<\/em>, 1887), shown below, which is now thought by the Van Gogh Museum to be a portrait not of Vincent, but instead of his brother Theo van Gogh.\u00a0 The findings come from research by the Van Gogh Museum research team and as part of the exhibition \u201cVan Gogh in Antwerp and Paris: New Perspectives,\u201d which opened at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on June 22 of this year.\u00a0 It is thought that the painting was \u201cthe companion painting\u201d to Van Gogh\u2019s <a title=\"Van Gogh Self Portrait 1887\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/catalog\/Painting\/2092\/Self-Portrait-with-Grey-Felt-Hat.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Self-Portrait<\/em>, 1887<\/a> in which he is wearing a grey felt hat.\u00a0 The differences in the two portraits pointed out by the museum are in the beards as well as the eye color and ear shape.\u00a0 If the research proves true, this would be the only known portrait that Van Gogh painted of his brother Theo. The exhibition runs until the 18 of September 2011, so if you are in the Amsterdam area this summer, be sure to take a look to see for yourself.\u00a0 If you can\u2019t make it to the exhibition, read more about their research <a title=\"Van Gogh in Antwerp and Paris New Persepectives\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghmuseum.nl\/blog\/nieuweinzichten\/?p=1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/catalog\/Painting\/2091\/Self-Portrait-with-Straw-Hat.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Van Gogh Self Portrait with Straw Hat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vangoghgallery.com\/catalog\/image\/0294\/Self-Portrait-with-Straw-Hat.jpg\" alt=\"Van Gogh Self Portrait with Straw Hat\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>Share your thoughts and comment; do you think the portrait in question is Vincent or Theo?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past month, there has been a lot of coverage in the news about a Van Gogh self-portrait (Self 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