Self Portrait with Pallette

Vincent van Gogh

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Work Overview

Self Portrait with Pallette
Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1889; Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France *
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: self-portrait
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 43.5 x 57 cm
Location: Private Collection


Van Gogh's dozens of self-portraits were an important part of his oeuvre as a painter. Most probably, van Gogh's self-portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face.