Painting
Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). 1887. Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Art Institute of Chicago.
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Vincent van Gogh across 2 collections
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- Adeline RavouxThe Cleveland Museum of Art · 1890 · 1958.31 · Compare side by side →
- The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)The Cleveland Museum of Art · 1889 · 1947.209 · Compare side by side →
- Two Poplars in the Alpilles near Saint-RémyThe Cleveland Museum of Art · 1889 · 1958.32 · Compare side by side →
- The BedroomThe Art Institute of Chicago · 1889 · 1926.417 · Compare side by side →
Related Afterlives investigations involving Vincent van Gogh
- A small gesture, carried forwardVincent used the gridded photograph to transfer the composition into his painting.
- A tree crosses the page.Van Gogh’s 1887 Flowering Plum Orchard adapts Hiroshige’s plum-garden design; the British Museum identifies his fourth-state impression and a tracing.
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PaintingObject type
Painting is a type of object named in the museum catalogue.
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Painting
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WoodMaterial
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel; oil paint (paint); board; organic material; paint; painting; panel (wood); plant material; wood (plant material)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel; oil paint (paint); board; organic material; paint; painting; panel (wood); plant material; wood (plant material)
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
Oil paintMaterial
Oil paint is a material named in the museum catalogue.
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel; oil paint (paint); board; organic material; paint; painting; panel (wood); plant material; wood (plant material)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel; oil paint (paint); board; organic material; paint; painting; panel (wood); plant material; wood (plant material)
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
Oil PaintingTechnique
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel; oil painting; painting; painting techniques; painting (image making)” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Oil on artist's board, mounted on cradled panel; oil painting; painting; painting techniques; painting (image making)
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Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
PortraitSubject
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portraits
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Human-figureSubject
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men
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