Portraits of Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh, Self-portrait without beard, end September 1889, (F 525), oil on canvas, 40 × 31 cm., private collection. This may have been Van Gogh's last self-portrait. Given as a birthday gift to his mother.[1]

The portraits of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) include self-portraits, portraits of him by other artists, and photographs—one of which is dubious—of the Dutch artist. Van Gogh's dozens of self-portraits were an important part of his œuvre as a painter. Most probably, van Gogh's self-portraits are depicting the face as it appeared in the mirror he used to reproduce his face, i.e. his right side in the image is in reality the left side of his face.

  1. ^ Pickvance (1986), 131