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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s The Refrain of the Louis XIII-style Chair at the Cabaret of Aristide Bruant (1886), 78cm x 50cm, with Van Gogh circled Courtesy of Hiroshima Museum of Art
Although we know Van Gogh so well from his 36 painted self-portraits, depictions of him by other artists are rare. We can now add another from no less a hand than his friend Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the lover of Montmartre nightlife. This drawing is now in the collection of the Hiroshima Museum of Art.
Vincent is the small caricatured figure at the very back, just to the left of the pillar. He has a beard, moustache and a tuft of hair on his forehead. Although normally dressed shabbily, here Van Gogh appears smartly attired, with a tie and hat.