Self-Portrait
Currently on view
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, March-June 1887
oil on cardboard, 41 cm x 33 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Around the world, people recognise this man with a red beard and an earnest look in his eyes. Vincent van Gogh painted about 35 self-portraits in total, most of them in Paris. For him, this was a way of practising portrait painting. His intention was not to portray himself as realistically as possible. He used the Neo-Impressionist style here, with short, rough brushstrokes. These alternate with longer strokes, such as the orange in his beard.
The background was originally purple (a mix of red and blue), but the red pigment has discoloured and has become almost completely transparent.
- F-number
- F0356
- JH-number
- JH1248
- Object number
- s0065V1962
- Dimensions
- 41 cm x 33 cm, 54 cm x 46.2 cm, 6 cm
- Provenance
- Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, sometime between March and June 1887; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 22 October 1931; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
London, The Courtauld Gallery, Van Gogh's Self-Portraits, 3 February-8 May 2022
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, In the Picture. Kunstenaarsportretten, 21 February-30 August 2020
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Vincent van Gogh. His Life in Art, 10 March-27 June 2019
Paris, Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Les Hollandais à Paris. 1789-1914. Van Gogh-Van Dongen-Mondrian, 6 February-13 May 2018
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Nederlanders in Parijs 1789-1914. Van Spaendonck, Jongkind, Van Gogh , Van Dongen, Mondriaan, 13 October 2017-7 January 2018
Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of Art, Van Gogh in Paris. New perspectives, 15 July-23 September 2013
Sendai, Miyagi Museum of Art, Van Gogh in Paris. New perspectives, 26 May-8 July 2013
Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Van Gogh in Paris. New perspectives, 30 March-19 May 2013
Seoul, Seoul Arts Center, Van Gogh in Paris. A dialogue with modernism, 4 November 2012-24 March 2013
Nagasaki, Huis ten Bosch (Japan), Van Gogh in Paris: New perspectives, 29 July-28 October 2012
Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum, Van Gogh. The adventure of becoming an artist, 22 February-10 April 2011, no. 78
Fukuoka, Kyushu National Museum, Van Gogh. The adventure of becoming an artist, 28 December 2010-13 February 2011, no. 78
Tokyo, National Art Center, Van Gogh.The adventure of becoming an artist, 1 October-20 December 2010, no. 78
New York, The Morgan Library & Museum, Painted with Words. Vincent van Gogh's letters to Emile Bernard, 28 September 2007-6 January 2008
Williamstown, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Dutch Dialogues, 3 June-3 September 2007
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh en het expressionisme, 24 November 2006-4 March 2007
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Schilderijen verwelken als bloemen, 13 October 2004-9 October 2005
Treviso, Casa dei Carraresi, L'Impressionismo e l'età di Van Gogh, 9 November 2002-30 March 2003, no. 150
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Van Gogh. Face to Face, 22 October 2000-14 January 2001, no. geen catnr. / no cat. no.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Van Gogh. Face to Face, 2 July-24 September 2000, no. geen catnr. / no cat. no.
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Van Gogh. Face to Face, 12 March-4 June 2000, no. geen catnr. / no cat. no.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Van Gogh te gast in het Rijksmuseum. Meesterwerken van het Van Gogh Museum, 19 September 1998-2 May 1999
Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh and his time. Landscapes from the Van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum, 14 September-13 November 1995, no. 1
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Van Gogh. Die Pariser Selbstbildnisse, 17 March-28 May 1995, no. geen catnr. / no cat. no.
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Parijse zelfportretten van Vincent van Gogh, 10 June-9 October 1994
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh en de moderne kunst 1890-1914, 16 November 1990-18 February 1991, no. 12
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Vincent van Gogh und die Moderne 1890-1914, 11 August-4 November 1990, no. 14
Nagoya, Aichi Prefectural Art Gallery, Vincent van Gogh exhibition, 24 February-14 March 1977, no. 43
Kyoto, National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto), Vincent van Gogh exhibition, 6 January-20 February 1977, no. 43
Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo), Vincent van Gogh exhibition, 30 October-19 December 1976, no. 43
London, Hayward Gallery, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam, 23 October 1968-12 January 1969, no. 94
Wolfsburg, Stadthalle Wolfsburg, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 18 February-2 April 1967, no. 37
Paris, Institut Néerlandais, Les amis de Van Gogh, 9 November-17 December 1960, no. 47
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Van Gogh Selfportraits, October 1960, no. 11
Utrecht (city), Centraal Museum, Vincent van Gogh schilderijen en tekeningen, verzameling Ir. V.W. van Gogh, 18 December 1959-1 February 1960, no. 26
Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 7 March-19 April 1959, no. 27
Portland (Oregon), Portland Art Museum (Oregon), Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 28 January-1 March 1959, no. 27
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 10 December 1958-18 January 1959, no. 27
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, 6 October-30 November 1958, no. 27
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Vincent van Gogh, 12 March-28 April 1957, no. 35
Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, Vincent van Gogh uit de collectie Ir. V.W. van Gogh, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 14 April-13 May 1956, no. 18
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh, 24 June-September 1955, no. 109
Antwerp, Feestzaal Antwerpen, Vincent van Gogh, 7 May-19 June 1955, no. 201
Bern, Kunstmuseum (Bern), Vincent van Gogh, 27 November 1954-30 January 1955, no. 33
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Vincent van Gogh, 9 October-21 November 1954, no. 24
Toledo (Ohio), Toledo Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 7 March-30 April 1954, no. 60
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 2 January-28 February 1954, no. 60
Saint Louis, City Art Museum of Saint Louis, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, 17 October-13 December 1953, no. 60
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Eeuwfeest Vincent van Gogh, 23 July-20 September 1953, no. 63
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Eeuwfeest Vincent van Gogh, 24 May-19 July 1953, no. 63
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Vincent van Gogh, 30 March-17 May 1953, no. 86
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Vincent van Gogh. Collectie ir. V.W. van Gogh, 12 October 1948-10 January 1949, no. 98
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh, 14 September-1 December 1945, no. geen catnr. / no cat. no.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh. Werken uit de verzameling van Ir. V.W. van Gogh, in bruikleen afgestaan aan de Gemeente Amsterdam, 14 February 1931-1931, no. 30
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten, 6 September-2 November 1930, no. 30
Amersfoort, Gebouw van de Stichting "de Armen de Poth", Schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh, 22 February-9 March 1930
Utrecht (city), Vereeniging Voor de Kunst, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door Vincent van Gogh, 1 May-5 June 1929, no. 21
Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz, 24 February-31 March 1929
Munich, Graphisches Kabinett (München), Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz, 22 November-24 December 1928, no. 15
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz, 3 October-11 November 1928
Vienna, Neue Galerie, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, 5 May-17 June 1928, no. 19
Frankfurt am Main, Galerie M. Goldschmidt, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, 15 March-15 April 1928, no. 20
Berlin, Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, 15 January-1 March 1928, no. 31
London, Leicester Galleries, Vincent van Gogh Exhibition, 26 November 1926-6 January 1927, no. 5
New York, Montross Gallery, Vincent van Gogh Exhibition, 23 October-31 December 1920, no. 64
Hamburg, Galerie Commeter, V. van Gogh, September 1914
Cologne, Kölner Kunstverein, V. van Gogh, July-August 1914
Berlin, Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Vincent van Gogh 30. März 1853 - 29. Juli 1890. Zehnte Ausstellung, 1 June-5 July 1914, no. 35
Antwerp, Zaal Comité voor Artistieke Werking, L'art contemporain. Salon 1914 / Kunst van Heden. Tentoonstelling 1914, 7 March-5 April 1914, no. 68
Dresden, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Ausstellung Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, February 1912, no. 1
Breslau, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Ausstellung Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, February 1912, no. 1
Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, Zonder titel, 6 December 1911-8 January 1912
Hamburg, Galerie Commeter, [Vincent van Gogh], 11 October 1911-January 1912
Amsterdam, Larensche Kunsthandel, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen van Vincent van Gogh, 16 June-14 August 1911, no. 9
Leiden, Het Leidsche Volkshuis, Schilderijen en tekeningen van Van Gogh, 14-18 November 1910
Chemnitz, Kunstsalon Gerstenberger, Vincent van Gogh, April 1910
Dresden, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Vincent van Gogh, February-March 1910
Frankfurt am Main, Woning Herr Carl Marcus (directeur Frankfurter Kunstverein), Vincent van Gogh, January 1910
Munich, Moderne Kunsthandlung Brakl & Thannhauser, Vincent van Gogh, October-December 1909, no. 3
Berlin, Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, [titel onbekend], October 1908
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel C.M. van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh tentoonstelling, 3-24 September 1908, no. 24
Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Kunstverein, V. van Gogh Ausstellung, 14-28 June 1908, no. 8
Dresden, Kunsthandlung Emil Richter, Vincent van Gogh/Paul Cézanne, April-May 1908, no. 5
Munich, Moderne Kunsthandlung, Vincent van Gogh, March-April 1908, no. 4
The Hague, Kunsthandel C.M. van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh tentoonstelling, Summer 1908
Vienna, Galerie Miethke, Vincent van Gogh. Kollektiv, 6-30 January 1906, no. 32
Berlin, Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Collectiv-Ausstellung, 10-28 December 1905
Dresden, Kunstsalon Ernst Arnold, II. Ausstellung. Vincent van Gogh, Constantin Guys, 26 October-11 November 1905, no. 43
Hamburg, Kunstsalon Cassirer Hamburg, I. Ausstellung, 16 September-October 1905, no. 47
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh, 15 July-1 September 1905, no. 45
Wiesbaden, Festsaale des Rathauses, Ausstellung der holländischen Secession, 4-30 October 1903, no. 20
Copenhagen, Den Frie Udstilling, Den Frie Udstilling, 26 March-May 1893, no. 173 [?]
Serres, Karen, Bailey, Martin, Tilborgh, Louis van, Van Gogh : self-portraits, London, 2022, pp. 43, 79, 86, 88-91, 94, 106, 143, 152
Bakker, Nienke, Smit, Lisa, Zeil, Wieteke van, Blokland, Ann, Prins, Laura, Hoeven, Joost van der, In the picture : kunstenaarsportretten, Bussum, 2020, p. 28, 36-37
Bakker, Nienke, Smit, Lisa, Zeil, Wieteke van, Blokland, Ann, Prins, Laura, Hoeven, Joost van der, In the picture : portraying the artist, Bussum, 2020, p. 28, 36-37
Heslewood, Juliet, Van Gogh : a life in places, London, 2019, p. 173
Bomford, David, Bakker, Nienke, Suijver, Renske, Cohen Tervaert, Renske, Aurisch, Helga K., Minton, Laura, Woodall, Dena M., Vincent van Gogh : his life in art, Houston, 2019, p. 96-97
Jonkman, Mayken, Dijk, Maite van, Bakker, Nienke, The Dutch in Paris 1789-1914, Bussum, 2017, p. 178, 190
Jonkman, Mayken, Dijk, Maite van, Bakker, Nienke, Les Hollandais à Paris 1789-1914, Paris, 2017, p. 178, 190
Jonkman, Mayken, Dijk, Maite van, Bakker, Nienke, Nederlanders in Parijs 1789-1914, Bussum, 2017, p. 178, 188
Echte, B., Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jr., Cordioli, P., Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer : die Ausstellungen 1912 - 1914, Wädenswil, 2016, p. 711
Koldehoff, Stefan, Ich und Van Gogh : Bilder, Sammler und ihre abenteuerlichen Geschichten, Berlin, 2015, p. 48-53
Faass, Martin, Klarmann, Julia, Nouwen, Margreet, Prins, Laura, Liebermann und Van Gogh : eine Ausstellung der Liebermann-Villa am Wannsee, Berlin, Köln, 2015, p. 113-115
Snell, Sylvia, Vincent van Gogh : the self-portraits : what do they tell us about the man and the artist?, s.a., 2014, p. 81-83
Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jr., Vincent van Gogh : the years in France : complete paintings 1886-1890 : dealers, collectors, exhibitions, provenance, London, 2013, p. 43
Hendriks, Ella, Tilborgh, Louis van, Eikema Hommes, M. van, Geldof, Muriel, Hageman, Monique, Van Gogh in Paris : a dialogue with Modernism, Amsterdam, 2012, p. 176-177
Hendriks, Ella, Tilborgh, Louis van, Eikema Hommes, M. van, Geldof, Muriel, Hageman, Monique, Van Gogh in Paris : new perspectives, Amsterdam, 2012, p. 99
Hendriks, Ella, Tilborgh, Louis van, Eikema Hommes, M. van, Hageman, Monique, Hoyle, Michael, Vincent van Gogh paintings : volume 2 : Antwerp & Paris 1885-1888, Amsterdam, 2011, p. 356-361
Stolwijk, Chris, Suijver, Renske, Berger, Helewise, Dieltjes, Esther, Hendriks, Ella, Van Gogh : the adventure of becoming an artist, Tokyo, 2010, p. 128-129, 246-247
Keune, P., Van Gogh en zijn tijdgenoten : verkleuringen in schilderijen, p. 9
Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jr., Vincent van Gogh : Die Gemälde 1886-1890 : Händler, Sammler, Ausstellungen : Die Frühen Provenienzen, Wädenswil, 2009, p. 41, 292, 306
Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jr., Vincent van Gogh : die Gemälde 1886-1890 : Händler, Sammler, Ausstellungen : die Frühen Provenienzen, Wädenswil, 2009, p. 41
Hendriks, Ella, Johnson jr., C. Richard, Loeff, Luuk van der, First international workshop on image processing for artist identification, Amsterdam, 2007, p. 33, 59, 88
Lloyd, Jill, Rüger, Axel, Vincent van Gogh en het expressionisme, Zwolle, 2006, p. 54, 56, 151
Bommel, Maarten van, Geldof, Muriel, Hendriks, Ella, An investigation of organic red pigments used in paintings by Vincent van Gogh (November 1885 to February 1888), p. 118, 123-125
Dorn, Roland, Gloor, Lukas, Van Gogh : echt falsch : zwei Selbstbildnisse der Sammlung Emil Bührle, p. 15-16
Dorn, Roland, Keyes, G., Rishel, Joseph .J., Sachs, K., Van Gogh face to face : the portraits, Detroit, 2000, p. 104, 108, 114
Hulsker, Jan, The new complete Van Gogh : paintings, drawings, sketches, Amsterdam, 1996, p. 262, 277-179
Heinrich, Christoph, Schneede, Uwe M., Uitert, Evert van, Van Gogh : die Pariser Selbstbildnisse, Hamburg, 1995, p. 114-115
Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Senzoku, Nobuyuki, Tilborgh, Louis van, Vincent van Gogh and his time : landscapes from the Van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum, [Tokyo], 1995, p. 50-51, 120
Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, Zwolle, 1993, p. 158-159
Dorn, Roland, Költzsch, G.W., Leeman, Fred, Leeuw, Ronald de, Vincent van Gogh and early modern art = Vincent van Gogh and the modern movement : 1890-1914, Freren, 1990, p. 87-88
Dorn, Roland, Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jr., Leeman, Fred, Vincent van Gogh en de moderne kunst : 1890-1914, Zwolle, 1990, p. 68-69
Dorn, Roland, Leeman, Fred, Vincent van Gogh und die Moderne : 1890-1914, Essen, 1990, p. 87-88
Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Jr., Veenenbos, H., Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cassirer, Berlin : the reception of Van Gogh in Germany from 1901 tot 1914, Zwolle, 1988, p. 90
Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1987, p. 333
Hulsker, Jan, The complete Van Gogh : paintings, drawings, sketches, New York, 1980, p. 262, 278-279
Hulsker, Jan, Van Gogh en zijn weg : al zijn tekeningen en schilderijen in hun samenhang en ontwikkeling, Amsterdam, cop. 1977, p. 264, 278, 279
Welsh-Ovcharov, Bogomila, Vincent van Gogh : his Paris period 1886-1888, Utrecht ; Den Haag, 1976, p. 125, 225
Erpel, Fritz, Die Selbstbildnisse Vincent van Goghs, Berlin, 1970, p. 57
Faille, Jacob Baart de la, Gelder, Jan Gerrit van, Hammacher, A.M., The works of Vincent van Gogh : his paintings and drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, p. 168, 625
Erpel, Fritz, De zelfportretten van Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam [etc.], 1964, p. 73-74
Bromig-Kolleritz von Novisancz, Katharina, Die Selbstbildnisse Vincent van Goghs : Versuch einer kunsthistorischen Erfassung der Darstellungen, München, 1954, p. 47, 100-101
Faille, Jacob Baart de la, Manuscript schilderijen Van Gogh catalogus J.-B. de la Faille 1939-1959, 1939-1959, p. 48
Faille, Jacob Baart de la, Montagu-Pollock, P., Terrasse, Charles, Vincent van Gogh, Paris, 1939, p. 298
Steenhoff, Willem, Catalogus Vincent van Gogh : werken uit de verzameling van Ir. V.W. van Gogh, in bruikleen afgestaan aan de Gemeente Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1931, p. 29
Meier-Graefe, Julius, Vincent van Gogh : der Zeichner, Berlin, 1928
Faille, Jacob Baart de la, Vincent van Gogh : Gemälde, Berlin, 1928, vol. 1, p. 100, vol. 2, pl. XCIX
Gogh, Vincent van, Mauthner, M., Vincent van Gogh : Briefe, Berlin, [1906]