Self-Portrait
1889
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 57.79 × 44.5 cm (22 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.) framed: 77.5 × 63.7 × 6.7 cm (30 1/2 × 25 1/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CF
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney
Accession Number
1998.74.5
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh · 1853–1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) stands as one of the most influential figures in Western art history, despite a career spanning merely a decade. Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands, to a Protestant pastor's family, van Gogh's path to artistic greatness was anything but conventional. His early adulthood saw him working as an art dealer for Goupil & Cie, a language teacher, and a fervent missiona...