Portrait of Dr. Gachet ☶ Van Gogh ☰ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Espresso When he was asked what

When he was asked what had prompted him to become an artist

standing amidst numerous Asian art objects

wearing a cloak decorated with a mosaic of flowers

depicted on the right

Portrait of Dr. Gachet ☶ Van Gogh ☰ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Espresso When he was asked whatPortrait of Dr. Gachet (1890) by Vincent van Gogh depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, a homeopathic doctor with whom he resided following his time in the asylum at Saint Rmy de Provence. Gachet took care of him during the final months of his life. Van Gogh produced more than seventy paintings during his stay, including two portraits of Gachet. Gachet is depicted resting his head against his hand, elbow on a table with two books and the medicinal herb foxglove.