File:VanGogh 1887 Selbstbildnis.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Vincent Willem van Gogh
Description	Dutch painter, draughtsman and printmaker
Date of birth/death	30 March 1853	29 July 1890
Location of birth/death	Zundert	Auvers-sur-Oise
Work period	between circa 1880 and circa July 1890
Work location	Netherlands ( Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886), Paris (from 1886 until 1887), Arles (from 1888 until 1889), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (from 1889 until 1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Self-portrait

Date

Spring 1887

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

42 × 33.7 cm (16.5 × 13.3 in)

Current location

Art Institute of Chicago

	Native name	Art Institute of Chicago
	Location	Chicago, United States
	Coordinates	41° 52′ 46.00″ N, 87° 37′ 26.00″ W
	Established	1879
	Website	www.artic.edu
	Authority control	WorldCat

Accession number

F_345, JH_1249

Notes

Lacking money to pay model fees, Van Gogh did many still lifes and self-portraits when staying in Paris. To save more money, he used cardboard instead of canvas more than once.

Source/Photographer

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