Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
Autoportrait au chapeau de paille (avers : L'éplucheur de pommes de terre) (1887)
Artist | Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890)
Year | 1887
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.6 x 31.8 cm
Location 📍
The Met Fifth Avenue → Gallery 825
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
One of more than twenty self-portraits produced by Van Gogh during his Parisian sojourn (1886–88). Determined to hone his skills as a figure painter but short of funds, he bought a mirror to work from himself in the absence of a model. This painting reveals the artist's awareness of Neo-Impressionist technique and color theory. It is one of several works painted on the reverse of an earlier peasant study.
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