Why it matters
Van Gogh looks sideways with a timid glance in this self-portrait painted at the asylum in Saint-Rémy, which he described as 'an attempt from when I was ill'. The Van Gogh Museum authenticated it in 2020.
Did you know?
- It was painted between late August and September 1889.
- The museum called it 'unmistakeably' his work.
- It is in the National Museum of Norway.
Based on the Wikipedia article Self-portrait (van Gogh, Oslo) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
