# Self-portrait

- By: Vincent van Gogh (Groot Zundert, 1853–1890)
- Date: 1887
- Medium: cardboard, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 8 cm
- Credit line: Gift of F.W.M., Baroness Bonger-van der Borch van Verwolde, Almen
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3262--72f97ac66c33f86b161cd51d62f7d365)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/bTpft/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Vincent moved to Paris in 1886, after hearing from his brother Theo about the new, colourful style of French painting. Wasting no time, he tried it out in several self-portraits. He did this mostly to avoid having to pay for a model. Using rhythmic brushstrokes in striking colours, he portrayed himself here as a fashionably dressed Parisian.