Vincent van Gogh Tee

This self-portrait was one of about 32 produced by van Gogh over a 10-year period, and these were an important part of his work as a painter;!!!2. he painted himself because he often lacked the money to pay for models. "! He took the painting with him to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, where he showed it to Dr. Paul Gachet, who, according to Van Gogh, was "absolutely fanatical" about it. 

Art historians are divided as to whether this painting or the self-portrait without a beard in a private collection is van Gogh's final self-portrait.

The art historians Ingo F. Walther and Jan Hulsker consider this to be the last, with Hulsker believing that it was painted in Arles following van Gogh's admission to hospital after mutilating his ear, whereas Ronald Pickvance considers the self-portrait without a beard to be the later painting.!