This painting enraged the tyrant after it was completed; he was furious that it depicted him as the morphine-fuelled drug addict he was. Goering was so outraged by the artwork that Goth feared for his life and was forced to flee Germany and seek refuge in Britain. More at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270063/Imre-Goth-oil-painting-angered-Hermann-Goering-portraying-drug-addict-emerges-sale.html#ixzz3mTPxbPaV Possible fake? http://www.arthistorynews.com/entries_by_date/2013/January