After 50 years of debate, experts believe a famed self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh is indeed real and his only known work painted during a psychotic break.

Art conservators were examining Van Gogh's 1885 piece "Head of a Peasant Woman," and when an X-ray machine was used on it, the portrait was revealed on the back of the painting. "Moments like this ...

The self-portrait shows van Gogh, who infamously cut off part of his left ear in 1888, in a brimmed hat with his ear still intact — a clue that this may have been created in his early days.

The self-portrait was found beneath layers of cardboard and glue on the back of another Van Gogh painting called “Head of a Peasant Woman” after it was X-rayed ahead of an upcoming exhibition ...

One of the Van Gogh self-portraits from his time in Antwerp and Paris is actually a portrait of his brother. Slight differences between the two brothers enabled researchers at the Van Gogh Museum ...

Vincent Van Gogh painted three dozen self-portraits in just 10 years. That’s really a lot (there are about the same number of extant paintings by Johannes Vermeer).

Since Van Gogh often struggled to get money for new art supplies, he reused many of his canvases. "There are a number of these self-portraits that he carried out on the back of these earlier Dutch ...

AMSTERDAM — The Van Gogh Museum said Tuesday its experts now believe one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait actually depicts his brother, Theo.

What Van Gogh's Famous Self-Portrait Looks Like as a Photograph. By Megan Garber. January 10, 2013. ... a Van Gogh painting -- and "converted" it into one of the most banal: a selfie. But in the ...

Van Gogh was known for turning canvases around and painting on the other side to save money. "Moments like this are incredibly rare," said Frances Fowle, a senior curator at the National Galleries ...

In an X-ray of Vincent van Gogh's "Head of a Peasant Woman" by the National Galleries of Scotland, a van Gogh self-portrait was discovered. 2025 American Music Awards. × Close Player.