The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat)

1885

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Collection no.: 67.187.70b
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Vincent van Gogh. The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat) — Vincent van Gogh. 1885.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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