"All these clues give credence to the theory that this is the weapon used in the suicide." "Technical tests on the weapon have shown the weapon was used and indicate that it stayed in the ground for a period that would coincide with 1890," it said. Two years earlier, he cut off his ear, which he offered to a woman in a brothel in Arles, in southern France.Īuction Art said the farmer who found the gun in 1965 gave it to the former owners of the inn at Auvers-sur-Oise, whose family are now selling it. ![]() Nor was it his first dramatic act of self-harm. The bullet extracted from van Gogh's chest was the same caliber as the one used by the Lefaucheux revolver. He died 36 hours later after staggering back wounded to the inn in the dark. The gun believed to have been used by painter Vincent van Gogh to shoot himself on July 27, 1890, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, is presented by Drouot auction house in Paris, June 14, 2019. ![]() ![]() The Dutch artist had borrowed the gun from the owner of the inn. While Art Auction, which sold the gun, said there is no way of being absolutely certain it is the fatal weapon, they insisted tests showed it has been in the ground for 75 years, which would fit.
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