Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Vincent?

[Thanks to Norm.]
A few years ago someone discovered this photo, taken in Brussels in 1886 by photographer Victor Morin, who took a number of photos of local clergymen.
There's no note on it about who's the subject, but it was taken when Vincent van Gogh would have been 33.
I think it's him. The skull shape and the hair lines are exactly the same.



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Michael Burton comments:
The man in the photo seems older than 33, but it's certainly an intriguing resemblance.

I almost wrote about that. People in the eighteen hundreds lived several decades shorter lives than we do now, and Vincent was a troubled soul. I think it very likely that he would look fortyish at thirty-three.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, his paintings are very beautiful.

Anonymous said...

The man in the photo seems older than 33, but it's certainly an intriguing resemblance.

Anonymous said...

Sure looks like Vinnie.
And I have to second your comment about aging in the 19th.

Cliff Prince said...

Naw, that's what it looks like to be a 33-year-old who's spent the majority of his life exposed to the open air, direct sunlight (no sunscreen!), coal ash, horse manure, and a hundred other irritants, and who didn't get away from that stuff even when riding in vehicles or sleeping in his own bed at night. Plus, this particular individual was a big outdoorsman, relative to some painters his age.

Unknown said...

Hey guys, came across your thread. Sorry to disappoint you ) but I believe that it is not Vincent who is in the photo. I've just made some study of whether this is a photo of Vincent, and when you know the story, it's clear that it is not. I could not find any information regarding Victor Morin's studio in Brussels, but even if he had it, the man is different if we closely compare the details.