Pencil sketches on cream paper of a bearded man's head, a smaller head below, and fragments of an eye and nose at upper right.

Self-portrait studies in pencil by Vincent van Gogh

Pencil studies on cream paper show a bearded man's head in three-quarter view at upper left, a smaller head turned to the side below, and fragments of an eye and a nose at upper right. Loose hatching shapes the hair, beard and shadows, with a pale rectangular paper patch at top left.

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1886
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Size: 1800 × 2371 px

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Public domain · Vincent van Gogh died 1890 and the work dates by 1886; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Vincent van Gogh, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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