Self-Portrait with Straw Hat, Van Gogh Museum, 1887

Painted on cardboard in Paris in August or September 1887, with the head turned sharply toward the viewer under a pale straw hat. The background was originally purple, a contrast to the yellow hat, but that paint has faded and left the blue dashes floating on a light ground. A few pink strokes are still faintly visible in the shoulder. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.