Self Portrait with a Grey Felt Hat

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Self Portrait with a Grey Felt Hat: Vincent van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh Oil Painting - Self Portrait with a Grey Felt Hat

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Work Overview: Self Portrait with a Grey Felt Hat
Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1887; Paris, France *
Style: Post-Impressionism
Genre: self-portrait
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 34 x 42 cm
Location: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat is amongst the earliest of Vincent's self-portraits. It was discovered late in the family collection and was not exhibited before 1945. Opinions differ about the date and place of its execution. De la Faille thought it painted in Antwerp before 1886, while Hulsker thought it painted in Paris in spring 1886. Hendriks and Tilborgh opt for autumn 1886, based on its resemblance to Vincent's work that winter when he began to embrace Neo-impressionism. X-ray analysis reveals a nude figure study below. Since students did not work from the nude model at Antwerp, this places the painting as executed in Paris where Vincent had enrolled in Fernand Cormon's atelier. There is no other work in Vincent's oeuvre which complements this portrait, which has led to some authors such as Dorn questioning its authenticity.[7] However Hendriks and Tilborgh are satisfied that the painting is consistent with others executed at the beginning and end of Vincent's first year in Paris.[8] Marc Edo Tralbaut, Vincent's principal biographer, especially valorised the portrait, selecting it for the dust-jacket of his biography and stating that Vincent had laid himself bare for the portrait.[9] Tralbaut notes that Vincent painted a number of self-portraits at this time, possibly because of his difficulty in getting models to sit for him. He was in poor health and his teeth were falling out, prompting him to grow a moustache to conceal them.

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