Self-Portrait with Palette
Armand Guillaumin (1841 - 1927), 1878
oil on canvas, 60 cm x 50 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
This self-portrait gives the impression that you have just stepped into Guillaumin’s studio, interrupting his focus as he looks up, slightly distracted. Your gaze is drawn to the daubs of paint on the palette, with reds, yellows, greens, and blues echoed in the artist’s face.
Van Gogh deeply admired his friend Guillaumin’s creations, especially this portrait. He considered it strikingly modern and believed it could hold its own alongside the works of Rembrandt or Frans Hals. Vincent encouraged his brother Theo to invest in portraits, especially those of fellow artists. Theo purchased Self-Portrait with Palette for their private collection.
- Object number
- s0228V1962
- Dimensions
- 60 cm x 50 cm, 81.5 cm x 70.5 cm, 7.5 cm
- Provenance
- Acquired by Theo van Gogh, Paris before 19 February 1888; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Armand Guillaumin
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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