Self-Portrait

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Like Rembrandt and Goya, Vincent van Gogh frequently took himself as a model; there are more than 43 self-portraits in ten years of work. Like those masters of the past, he observe s himself in the mirror without complacency. Painting oneself is not a trivial act; questioning often leads to the dizziness of identity. Thus he wrote to his sister: "I am looking for a deeper resemblance than that obtained by the photographer". Show more