45.00 €

No: 523478

Reproduction. Professional craftsmanship. Printing on wood base. Original author's technologies were used in the production. 33.0x41.0x1,0 cm. When he had no access to models, Van Gogh regularly painted himself. During the summer of 1887, he actually produced a whole series of self-portraits. The formal jacket he wears in this painting is an exception. In most of them he is wearing his artist’s smock. This is one of Van Gogh’s ‘double-sided’ paintings. To save money, he has painted this self-portrait on the back of another painting. He was broke. Research has revealed that he was using a cheap paintbrush that was losing its hairs: they are still embedded in the paint.