The revolver with which the painter Vincent van Gogh himself of life would have deprived, on 19 June auction. The world-famous Dutchman suicide in 1890 suicide.
The weapon, a 7 millimeter-revolver of the brand Lefaucheux, which Van Gogh himself on 27 July 1890 in the chest shot, is expected to be around 60,000 euro generate reports kunsthandelwebsite Artnet. The object is in June and offered to AuctionArt, an art auction in Paris. In 2016, was the revolver can still be seen during a exhibition about the painter in the Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum. the
The revolver, which in the art world famous, is offered by the family of a local innkeeper in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise. Van Gogh brought to that family the last months. A peasant was in 1965 the weapon in a field, where the dozens of years has located. He gave it back to the family of the proprietor, that it is now so late auction. the
