An unknown portrait of Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh that was unknown to date and sold in a bazaar in Minnesota for $ 50, proved authentic, with his value estimated at $ 15 million.

Buyed in 2016 by a collector of old items in a bazaar – garage (open space where the items for sale are exposed) and recently identified its authenticity. The table bears an inscription with the word “Elimar” in the lower right corner.

The painting was created by Van Gogh during his stay in a psychiatric clinic in southern France in 1889 and depicts a fisherman smoking his pipe as he repairs his nets.

The LMI Group International Art Research Company has assigned the project analysis, such as weaving canvas, color pigment and other features. With a dimension of 45.7 cm by 41.9 cm, experts recognized the table as Van Gogh’s authentic after a 4 -year process.

It is based on a painting by Danish artist Michael Ancher (1849-1927), according to LMI, and is one of the many “translations” of Van Gogh works by other artists.

The researchers also found a hair integrated into the canvas and sent it for analysis. Although it was found that he came from a man, attempts to match his DNA with the offspring of Van Gogh were canceled by his “degraded condition,” LMI said.

“By incorporating science and technology with traditional knowledge tools, historical framework, formal analysis and origin research, we aim to expand and adapt the resources available for art authentication based on the unique properties of works under our care“, Lawrence said. M. Shindell, President, President and CEO of LMI Group, in a press release this week.

Despite the analysis, the table must still be attributed to Van Gogh of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

The museum previously refused to render the table to Van Gogh when the previous owner approached it in December 2018.

However, LMI, which acquired the table in 2019, is convinced to be genuine.

“The discovery of a Van Gogh’s formerly unknown table should not be surprise“, It is reported in the report. “It is well known that Van Gogh lost many projects and gave them to friends. “

LMI said the table ‘It is an emotionally rich, deep personal work created during the last and multi -charted capital of Van Gogh’s life“

The Dutch painter created about 900 paintings during his life. It is thought to have a combination of bipolar and marginal personality disorder, although these diseases were never diagnosed.

In 2020, researchers from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands said they believed that Van Gogh had experienced two short psychotic episodes, which was supposed to be a delirium caused by alcohol deprivation after being admitted to the hospital after cutting his ear with cutting off his ear. razor in 1888. Van Gogh committed suicide in 1890 at the age of 37.