Artist | Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)

Year | December 1886 - January 1887

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

41.5 x 32.5 cm

Location

Van Gogh Museum →

Self-Portrait with Felt Hat

In this self-portrait, Van Gogh presents himself as a respectable gentleman, wearing a black felt hat, an overcoat, and a tie (cravat). X-ray analysis reveals that this work was painted over an earlier study of a standing nude woman, which he had created in Fernand Cormon’s atelier in Paris during the spring of 1886. Instead of scraping off the original study, he covered it with a new ground layer before painting the self-portrait.