Portrait of a Patient in Saint-Paul Hospital

Portrait of a Patient in Saint-Paul Hospital Nederland Vincent van Gogh Gallery and Appreciation

While in Saint-Paul, Van Gogh wrote of other patients and their support for one another, "Though here there are some patients very seriously ill, the fear and horror of madness that I used to have has already lessened a great deal. And though here you continually hear terrible cries and howls like beasts in a menagerie, in spite of that people get to know each other very well and help each other when their attacks come on."

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