Portrait of Dr. Gachet

Vincent van Gogh

1890 · Oil on canvas · Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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About this work

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Year: 1890
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 68 × 57 cm
Collection: Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Movement: Post-Impressionism

Dr Paul Gachet rests his head on his hand at a red table, a sprig of foxglove beside him, his face set in what Van Gogh described as the heartbroken expression of the age. Gachet was a homeopathic doctor with a passion for art and printmaking who knew Manet, Monet, Renoir and Cézanne, and when Van Gogh left the asylum at Saint-Rémy in May 1890 Theo sent him to Auvers-sur-Oise to be under the doctor's eye. Van Gogh painted two versions of the portrait that June. This is the second, which Gachet kept; the first, with yellow books on the table, was sold in 1990 for a then record price and has since disappeared from view. The foxglove, a source of the heart drug digitalis, is the physician's attribute and the one note of consolation. Gachet's children gave the painting to France in 1949, and it hangs in the Musée d'Orsay.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Portrait of Dr. Gachet (second version) in the public domain?

Yes. Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Musée d'Orsay.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Portrait of Dr. Gachet (second version) painted, and in what medium?

Portrait of Dr. Gachet (second version) dates from 1890 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 68 × 57 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet — Dr. Gachet resting his head on his hand beside a sprig of foxglove, the melancholy second version — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. A Retrospective, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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