Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat

Autoportrait au chapeau de paille

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat

Vincent van Gogh · 1887

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

About this painting

Painted on the reverse of an 1885 Nuenen peasant study, The Potato Peeler, this Met self-portrait shows Van Gogh in a straw hat, applying the Neo-Impressionist color theory he absorbed in Paris.

Painting Details

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

40.6 × 31.8 cm (16 × 12.5 in)

Painted at

Paris, France

Current location

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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