We know what Vincent van Gogh looked like mostly because of his self-portraits. There is only one photograph of him that survives, taken when he was a teenager. So the image we have of him as an adult comes entirely from his self-portraits, which show a man with red hair, green eyes, and sharp features. What makes this one stand out is that Van Gogh himself said it captured his “true character.” Normally, he painted himself looking serious, but here you can see the exhaustion and weight of his s
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We know what Vincent van Gogh looked like mostly because of his self-portraits. There is only one photograph of him that survives, taken when he was a teenager. So the image we have of him as an adult comes entirely from his self-portraits, which show a man with red hair, green eyes, and sharp features. What makes this one stand out is that Van Gogh himself said it captured his “true character.” Normally, he painted himself looking serious, but here you can see the exhaustion and weight of his s
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