The secret of the person who received the bad ear of Van Gogh's artist

The identity of the person who received the ear of the famous Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh was revealed nearly 130 years after he disguised himself in Paris, France.

Guardian recently reported that Van Gogh had one of his ears dislocated on December 23 , 1888 , and donated to Gabrielle Berlatier , a maid working in a Paris brothel, not a prostitute Rachel as many people mistake for 130 years.

The young girl named Berlatier is mentioned in the book "Van Gogh's Ear: The Real Story" by writer Bernadette Murphy published in early July. The writer said Berlatier's descendants agreed to reveal the truth. provided she had to keep Berlatier's name confidential.

Van Gogh's self-portrait after screwing his ears.(Photo: Wikimedia).

However, correspondent The Art Newspaper identified the identity of the maid when studying the notes of the Pasteur Institute in Paris. The book, written by Murphy, describes in detail the Berlatier rabies treatment process at the Pasteur Institute in early January 1888 after being bitten by a dog.

Berlatier, an 18-year-old daughter of a farmer who lives near Arles, Provence, survived thanks to being taken to Paris and vaccinated with a new rabies vaccine. However, the cost of treatment made her family indebted and she had to work as a maid in the brothel on Rue du Bout d'Arles. The girl is too young to become a prostitute, according to Murphy.

Berlatier's hand was deformed due to the wound being sterilized with a hot iron. " Gabrielle Berlatier has a terrible scar on her hand. Van Gogh often feels sorry for people in difficult circumstances. Most likely he wants to give her a gift of part of his flesh," Murphy said. Berlatier married later and lived for a long time, and kept the meeting with Van Gogh and his silent help.

Earlier, the letter from Felix Rey, Van Gogh's doctor, was also published, showing that the artist had cut the ears and not the ears. Van Gogh had to live in the psychiatric institute of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint Remy, France, for the following year and commit suicide in July 1890.