Some researchers argue that Van Gogh was accidentally shot by two young boys playing with a gun near him. It is there that Van Gogh is widely believed to have shot himself in the chest.įor years experts have questioned the theory of Van Gogh's death, pointing to the uncertainty of the angle of the shot, the disappearance of evidence and the long trek the wounded Van Gogh would have made back to the inn before he died two days later in the hospital. In 1960, the weapon was found by a farmer in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of Paris, reports NPR's Eleanor Beardsley. Its purchase has reignited the debate over whether Van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The gun's trigger is pulled back, frozen in place, some think cementing the moment in which it would have dropped from Van Gogh's grasp. The unnamed buyer bought the corroded 7mm caliber Lefaucheux revolver for about $182,000. NATURAL DARK RED GARNET RING 925 STERLING SILVER SZ 875 De Buman 18k Rose.

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