Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat — Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat — Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh, 1887. Painted in Paris in 1887, when Van Gogh was teaching himself colour by turning it on his own face. Orange beard against blue-green, laid down in short separate strokes that only settle into a portrait once you step back.
What arrives
- Printed on canvas and set in a wooden frame — not a poster, not paper behind glass.
- Made to order after you buy it, then shipped worldwide. Nothing sits in a warehouse fading.
- Three sizes, from a piece that suits a hallway to one that takes a wall.
About the image
- Reproduced from the museum's own high-resolution scan of the original painting — not a photograph of a poster.
- Original held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967
- Public domain. Free to reproduce, which is the only reason a canvas like this can cost what it does.
Good to know
Screens are backlit and canvas is not. Colours read slightly deeper and softer on the wall than they do here — that is true of every print ever sold, and it is usually an improvement. Sizes are the framed dimensions. This painting is taller than it is wide, and the sizes below match its proportions almost exactly.
Finish the wall
The self-portrait from Paris, and two from the asylum garden at Saint-Rémy in the last year of his life. They share the same proportions, so they take the same frame size and hang in a clean row.
