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 ...

Back of Head of a Peasant Woman detail on June 19, 2022 in Edinburgh, Scotland. A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist’s paintings.

A Vincent Van Gogh self-portrait probably never seen before was discovered at an art gallery in Scotland – accidentally – through an X-ray machine. The remarkable piece was found at the ...

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).

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.