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Vincent van Gogh

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

1885
Oil on canvas
40.6 × 31.8 cm (16 × 12.5 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 825

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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