Magnet Vincent van Gogh - Portrait de l'artiste, 1889

Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890)
Self-portrait (details), 1889
Oil on canvas H. 65,0 ; W. 54,2 cm.
Gift of Paul and Marguerite Gachet, 1949
© Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt

Like Rembrandt and Goya, Vincent van Gogh often used himself as a model; he produced over forty-three self-portraits, paintings or drawings in ten years. Like the old masters, he observed himself critically in a mirror. Painting oneself is not an innocuous act: it is a questioning which often leads to...