Pencil drawing of old man identified as Van Gogh work

Drawing has been in private hands since around 1910 and is now going on display in Amsterdam

A pencil drawing of a broken old man, head in hands looking utterly exhausted, has been identified as a work by Vincent van Gogh.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam said on Thursday that it had authenticated the drawing as being the work of the man himself. Teio Meedendorp, a senior researcher at the museum, said it was a spectacular" discovery shining light on Van Gogh's early career as an artist living in The Hague, a time less well known than his years in Paris or the south of France.