Curator’s note

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)

Painted in Paris as Van Gogh absorbed Impressionism and pointillism. The brisk, complementary brushstrokes show him using his own face as a laboratory for a new style.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date: 1887
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
On view: Gallery 825

Keep exploring

ArtistVincent van Gogh PeriodImpressionism CountryNetherlands MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source:The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access)CC0View source ↗

Report an error

Related works

The Collector of Prints

Edgar Degas · 1866

The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)

Ferdinand Hodler · 1896

Madame Georges Charpentier (Marguerite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Emile-Charles (1875–1895)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1878

L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911)

Vincent van Gogh · 1888–89

Young Lady in 1866

Édouard Manet · 1866